Critters

Critters of New Mexico

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	Garden Snail	Garden Snail

American Bullfrog	American Bullfrog	American Bullfrog	American Bullfrog
American Bullfrog	American Bullfrog		American Bullfrog
New Mexico Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata)	New Mexico Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata)	Woodhouse's Toad (Bufo woodhousii)

Red-eared Slider	Red-eared Slider	Red-eared Slider	Red-eared Slider
Red-eared Slider	Red-eared Slider		Red-eared Slider
Red-eared Slider		Red-eared Slider
Spiny Softshell
Painted Turtle	Painted Turtle	Painted Turtle	Painted Turtle
Painted Turtle

Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)	Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)	Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)	Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)
Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)	Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)	Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)	Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)
Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)	Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)		Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)
Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)		Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia wislizenii)
Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)	Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)	Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)	Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)
Greater EarlessLizard (Cophosaurus texanus)	Greater EarlessLizard (Cophosaurus texanus)	Greater EarlessLizard (Cophosaurus texanus)	Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)
Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)	Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)	Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)	Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)
Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)	Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)	Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)	Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)
Lesser Earless Lizard (Holbrookia maculata)		Lesser Earless Lizard (Holbrookia maculata)
Earless Lizard?

Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)	Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)	Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)	Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)
	Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)	Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)
Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)
Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)
Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)
Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)
Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)
Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)	Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)		Hernandez's Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)
Roundtail Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum)		Roundtail Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum)

Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)	Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)	Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)	Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)
Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)	Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)	Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)	Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)
Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)	Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)	Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)	Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)
Yarrow's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii)	Yarrow's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii)	Yarrow's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii)	Crevice Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus poinsettii)
Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)
Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)	Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)	Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)	Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)
Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)

Great Plains Skink (Eumeces obsoletus) imm.	Great Plains Skink (Eumeces obsoletus)		Great Plains Skink (Eumeces obsoletus)
Many-lined Skink? (Eumeces multivirgatus) imm.

Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis)	Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis)	Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis)	Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis)
Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis)	Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis)		Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis)
Little Striped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis inornata)
New Mexico Whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicana)		New Mexico Whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicana)
Common Checkered Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselata)	Common Checkered Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselata)		Common Checkered Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselata)

	Lizard - Mt. Graham, AZ	Lizard w/Walking Stick

Western Diamondback	Western Diamondback		Western Diamondback
	Western Diamondback	Western Diamondback
Prairie Rattlesnake [Sevilleta]	Prairie Rattlesnake [Sevilleta]		Prairie Rattlesnake [Sevilleta]
Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake (imm.)	Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake
Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake
	Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake
Blackneck Gartersnake	Western Hognose Snake	Snake

Desert Cottontail	Desert Cottontail		Desert Cottontail
Black-tailed Jackrabbit		Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Rabbit (Texas)

Abert's Squirrel	Abert's Squirrel		Abert's Squirrel
Squirrel	Squirrel	Squirrel	Squirrel
Squirrel (Texas)

Spotted Ground Squirrel
Rock Squirrel	Rock Squirrel	White-tailed Antelope Squirrel	White-tailed Antelope Squirrel

Chipmunk	Chipmunk	Chipmunk	Chipmunk
Chipmunk	Chipmunk	Chipmunk	Chipmunk
Chipmunk	Chipmunk	Chipmunk	Chipmunk
Chipmunk

Prairie Dog	Prairie Dog	Prairie Dog	Prairie Dog
Prairie Dog	Prairie Dog	Prairie Dog	Prairie Dog
Prairie Dog

Mouse (AZ)

Muskrat	Muskrat	Muskrat	Muskrat
A few porcupines...once you know where to look, there they are!








A short porcupine video from Pueblo Montano OS, March 4, 2016

Coyote on the Prowl - Fourth of July Canyon - October 6, 2011.



Coyote	Coyote	Coyote	Coyote
Coyote	Coyote	Coyote	Coyote
Coyote		Coyote

Javelina	Javelina		Javelina

Black Bear (8/22/12)	Black Bear (8/28/12)	Black Bear (8/28/12)	Black Bear (8/28/12)
Black Bear (6/20/20)

Raccoon	Raccoon		Raccoon
Raccoon	Raccoon	Raccoon	Raccoon

Long-tailed Weasel!

Bobcat Bosque del Apache 11/18/11	Bobcat Bosque del Apache 11/18/11	Bobcat Las Huertas 5/30/12

Pronghorn	Pronghorn	Pronghorn	Pronghorn
Pronghorn	Pronghorn	Pronghorn	Pronghorn
Pronghorn	Pronghorn	Pronghorn	Pronghorn (Arizona)
Pronghorn (Arizona)	Pronghorn	Pronghorn	Pronghorn
Pronghorn	Pronghorn		Pronghorn

Elk		Elk

Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Mule Deer
Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Mule Deer
Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Fawn
Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Unicorn
Mule Deer Fawn	Mule Deer Fawn	Mule Deer Fawn	Mule Deer

Barbary Sheep	Barbary Sheep		Barbary Sheep
Bighorn Sheep

Zonkey (Belen NM)

Pictures from the Zoo
Poison Dart Frog	Poison Dart Frog	Koi	Hyacinth Macaw
	Peacock	Peacock
Flamingo	Flamingo	Flamingo	Flamingo
	Flamingo	Flamingo
De Brazza's Monkey	Orangutans	Orangutan	Tasmanian Devil
Gorilla	Gorilla	Cheetah	Cheetah
Hippo	Zebra	Polar Bear	Klipspringer
Rhino	Elephant	Snow Leopard	Snow Leopard
Puma	Puma (Photoshopped)	Klipspringer	Klipspringer (Photoshopped)
Snow Leopard	Snow Leopard (Photoshopped)	Snow Leopard	Snow Leopard (Photoshopped)
Giraffe	Giraffe (Photoshopped)	Another Giraffe
Cheetah	Cheetah		Cheetah
Tiger	Orangutan	Rhino	Penguin
Lemur	Hippo	Hippo	Zebra

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