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Thread-legged Katydids (Genus Arethaea)Observer
eairhartDescription
The katydid was sitting on a cactus when I picked her up. She moved slowly and made no obvious attempt to escape. She seemed to be gravid.
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Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans)Observer
eairhartDescription
The spider was allowing itself to be dragged by the wasp, apparently paralyzed. It did not run away when the wasp was distracted.
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Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae)Observer
eairhartDescription
The wasp was dragging the black widow. When I notice it and others gathered around the wasp, it flew away. It came back to around where the spider was previously, but did not seem to know where the spider has been.
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Birds (Class Aves)Observer
eairhartDescription
I found this small, white egg under brush about 20 m from the path. No parent birds or obvious nest were in sight. The egg was about 20 mm long.
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Pond and Box Turtles (Family Emydidae)Observer
eairhartDescription
Turtles sunning themselves
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Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found peeking out from underneath porch
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Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found perched on pole by restaurant
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Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found on bank of pond.
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Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer)Observer
eairhartDescription
Two different frogs calling back and forth.
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Flat-headed Snake (Tantilla gracilis)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found under small log.
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Flat-headed Snake (Tantilla gracilis)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found under a log.
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American Water Frogs (Genus Lithobates)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found in pond.
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Texas Toad (Anaxyrus speciosus)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found on the road.
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Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus ssp. rubrilineatus)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found sitting on log. About 240 mm long.
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Little Brown Skink (Scincella lateralis)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found sitting on a log
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Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found dead, regurgitated by garter snake.
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Checkered Garter Snake (Thamnophis marcianus)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found eating two Rana berlandieri. Regurgitated both upon capture.
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Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found while calling-please contact for call recordings
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Plain-bellied Watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found slithering into the creek
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Southwestern Blackhead Snake (Tantilla hobartsmithi)Observer
eairhartDescription
These snakes were found together under a rock near a dried-up creek.
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Four-lined Skink (Plestiodon tetragrammus)Observer
eairhartDescription
I found the juvenile male skink under a rock under a tree beside a dried-up creek.
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Four-lined Skink (Plestiodon tetragrammus)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found under a rock. Gravid female.
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Common Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis)Observer
eairhartDescription
I found the lizard curled up under a rock. After I caught it, it bit me several times and struggled to escape.
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Little Brown Skink (Scincella lateralis)Observer
eairhartDescription
The skink was sitting on a log underneath a tree. When I tried to catch it, it ran under the log.
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Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer)Observer
eairhartDescription
Found under a pile of decomposing fire wood. This toad was a juvenile-it was about an inch long and the parotid and cranial crest were not fully developed.
