I am generally interested in nature. Lots of birding and herping experience in North America.

Also, I am in the process of finishing my PhD at Texas A&M and have started a new places page here on iNaturalist for my field site the Mescalero Monahans Shinnery Sands . Check it out if you get a chance online or in person. Lots of oil development out there now may be threatening a number of endemics...

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danjleavitt's favorite taxa

American Badger - Photo CC BY-NC-ND Erin and Lance Willett CC
American Badger info
The American Badger, Taxidea taxus, is a North American Badger, somewhat similar in appearance to the European Badger. (From Wikipedia)
Desert Massasauga - Photo CC BY-NC-ND J. N. Stuart CC
Desert Massasauga info
Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii is a venomous snake pitviper subspecies found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. In places its range overlaps that of S. c. tergeminus) and intergrading of the two subspecies is not unknown. (From Wikipedia)
Spectacle pod - Photo CC BY-NC-SA Lon&Queta CC
Spectacle pod info
No Wikipedia page for this taxon. Start one now!
Penstemon buckleyi - Photo (c) danjleavitt C
Penstemon buckleyi info
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Havard oak - Photo (c) danjleavitt C
Havard oak info
Quercus havardii (common names include shinnery oak, shin oak and Havard oak) is a deciduous, low-growing, thicket-forming shrub that occupies some 2 to 3 million ha in the southern Great Plains of North America. Clones may reach hundreds to thousands of years old, although aboveground stems typically live only 11 to 15 years. Shinnery oak stems are usually 1-2 m tall and codominate the plant community with mid- and tall-grasses which are usually taller than the... (From Wikipedia)
Big Sand Tiger Beetle - Photo (c) danjleavitt C
Big Sand Tiger Beetle info
No Wikipedia page for this taxon. Start one now!
Common Porcupine - Photo CC BY-NC-ND Danny Barron CC
Common Porcupine info
The North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), also known as Canadian Porcupine or Common Porcupine, is a large rodent in the New World porcupine family. The Beaver is the only other rodent larger than the North American Porcupine found in North America. The porcupine is a caviomorph rodent whose ancestors rafted across the Atlantic from Africa to Brazil over 30 million years ago, and then invaded North America during the Great American Interchange after the Isthmus of... (From Wikipedia)
Western Hog-nosed Snake - Photo CC BY francis crawley CC
Western Hog-nosed Snake info
Heterodon nasicus is a harmless colubrid species found in North America and northern Mexico. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the typical form described here. (From Wikipedia)
Northern Earless Lizard - Photo (c) danjleavitt C
Northern Earless Lizard info
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Dunes Sagebrush Lizard - Photo (c) danjleavitt C
Dunes Sagebrush Lizard info
The Dunes Sagebrush Lizard, Sceloporus arenicolus, (formerly known as Sand Dune Lizard and the Dunes-Sagebrush Lizard, Sceloporus graciosus arenicolus, a subspecies of sagebrush lizard), is an insectivorous spiny lizard species which only occurs in the Shinnery oak Sand Dune systems of extreme South-east New Mexico and only four counties in adjacent Texas. Sceloporus arenicolus has the second smallest range of all lizards in the United States. (From Wikipedia)
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