All my identifications are subject to corrections--I do my best, but it's been 32 years since I took Herpetology. I based these on Sievert and Sievert's A Field Guide to Oklahoma's Amphibians and Reptiles.
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Blanchard's Cricket Frog near the women's bathroom at the Doris Campground in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. |
Eastern Collared Lizard--the color form found in the Wichitas is spectacular! This was taken on May 9 near Quannah Parker Lake. |
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Eastern Collared Lizard |
Red-eared Slider--two different ones. First photo taken on May 9, second on May 10. |
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Diamondback Rattlesnake--these were taken in Blaine County on May 11. |
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Southern Prairie Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus consobrinus) (on good authority) |
Eastern Collared Lizard |
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More Eastern Collared Lizard--when you have a good photo op, why not use it? These were all taken on May 13 at the Refuge, near the Quannah Parker Lake and Dam parking area. |
Eastern Fence Lizard in the same area. |
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Blanchard's Cricket Frog--taken at the women's bathroom at the Doris Campground. |
I THINK this one is also a Blanchard's Cricket Frog. |
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Frogs gathered in the bathroom |
They leave the light on for 'em. |
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This Diamondback Rattlesnake was apparently close to molting--the eyes are glazed. It also had a hulgy-bulgy area where it was apparently digesting someone. This was taken on May 14 at Fort Sill. |