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Couch’s Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus couchii)

Couch’s Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus couchii)

Mexican narrow-mouthed toad

Common Pauraque

Cricket

Cave or “Camel” Cricket

Coyote footprint

Coyote Track

Texas Spiny Lizard

Texas Spiny Lizard

Red Velvet Mite

Red Velvet Mite

Texas Brown Tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzi)

Texas Brown Tarantula

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)

Desert Cottontail

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