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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