Critters

Critters of New Mexico

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

Red-eared Slider	Red-eared Slider	Red-eared Slider	Red-eared Slider
Red-eared Slider	Spiny Softshell and Red-eared Slider	Red-eared Slider	Red-eared Slider
Red-eared Slider		Spiny Softshell
Painted Turtles	Painted Turtle	Painted Turtle	Painted Turtle
Painted Turtle
Turtle	Turtle	Turtle	Turtle
Turtle	Turtle (Virginia)	Turtle	Turtle
Turtle		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)
Collared Lizard	Collared Lizard		Collared Lizard
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)
Bleached Earless Lizard (Holbrookia maculata ruthveni)
Desert Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister)
	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)
Greater Short-horned Lizard	Greater Short-horned Lizard	Short-horned Lizard	Short-horned Lizard
Short-horned Lizard	Short-horned Lizard		Short-horned Lizard
Short-horned Lizard	Short-horned Lizard	Short-horned Lizard	Short-horned Lizard
Short-horned Lizard	Short-horned Lizard	Short-horned Lizard	Short-horned Lizard
Short-horned Lizard	Short-horned Lizard	Short-horned Lizard	Short-horned Lizard

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

Little Striped Whiptail		Plains Striped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis inornata llanuras)
Common Checkered Whiptail	Common Checkered Whiptail	Common Checkered Whiptail	Common Checkered Whiptail
Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail	Chihuahuan Spotted Lizard		Chihuahuan Spotted Lizard
Plains Lizard (male)	Plains Lizard (male)	Prairie Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)	Prairie Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)
Fence Lizard	Plateau Fence Lizard (Sceloporus tristichus)	Plateau Fence Lizard (Sceloporus tristichus)	Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)
Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus tristichus)	New Mexico Crevice Spiny Lizard		New Mexico Whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicana)
Lizard	Lizard (w/lunch)	Lizard	Lizard
Lizard	Lizard	Lizard	Lizard
Lizard	Lizard	Lizard	Lizard
Lizard	Lizard	Lizard	Lizard
Lizard	Lizard	Lizard	Lizard
Lizard	Lizard	Lizard	Lizard
Lizard	Lizard	Lizard	Lizard
Lizard	Lizard	Lizard	Lizard
Lizard	Lizard	Lizard	Lizard
Lizard		Lizard

Western Diamondback	Western Diamondback	Western Diamondback	Western Diamondback
Western Diamondback
Blackneck Gartersnake	Snake	Striped Whipsnake	Bull Snake
Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake
Gopher Snake (imm.)	Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake
Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake
Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake	Gopher Snake
Gopher Snake		Gopher Snake
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	Abert's Squirrel
Abert's Squirrel
Squirrel (Texas)	Squirrel	Squirrel	Squirrel
Squirrel	Squirrel		Squirrel

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

Chipmunk	Chipmunk	Chipmunk	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

Muskrat	Muskrat	Muskrat	Muskrat
Muskrat	Muskrat		Muskrat

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





Click here to watch a short video of this guy from March 2, 2013 at Tingley ponds.























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


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


Coyotes - Petroglyph NM - November 17, 2011


Coyote	Coyote	Coyote	Coyote
Coyote	Coyote	Coyote	Coyote
Coyote	Coyote		Coyote

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

And in March 2011 started seeing raccoons in the trees, too.

Raccoon	Raccoon	Raccoon	Raccoon
	Raccoon	Raccoon

Long-tailed Weasel!

Bobcat - Las Huertas - May 30, 2012

Bobcat - Bosque del Apache - November 18, 2011


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

Elk		Elk

Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Mule Deer
Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Mule Deer
Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Mule Deer	Mule Deer
Mule Deer
Barbary Sheep		Bighorn Sheep
Javelina

Deer (Virginia)		Deer (Virginia)

Zonkey (Belen NM)

Koi (zoo)	De Brazza's Monkey (zoo)		Orangutans (zoo)

Raccoon and Goose Track	Tracks		Tracks

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