![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/09t.jpg) Striped snake sleeping in Houston Zoo. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/800/jpeg/06t.jpg) Bluestripe coastal ribbon snake (Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus nitae) on Caney Creek Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, October 18, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2409/jpeg/06t.jpg) Small copperhead snake on a fallen tree on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 1, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3067/jpeg/16t.jpg) Bluestripe coastal ribbon snake (Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus nitae) recently swallowed a prey near Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3092/jpeg/22t.jpg) Some killed thin snake on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/14t.jpg) White alligator scale in Houston Zoo. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/04t.jpg) Blue coral fish in Houston Zoo. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/05t.jpg) Yellow coral fish in Houston Zoo. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/13t.jpg) Iguana resting in Houston Zoo. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/16t.jpg) Crocodile resting on a log in Houston Zoo. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/11t.jpg) Giraffe head in Houston Zoo. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/06t.jpg) White alligator in Houston Zoo. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/10t.jpg) Red spotted reptile in Houston Zoo. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/07t.jpg) Green frog in Houston Zoo. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/15t.jpg) Young crocodile in Houston Zoo. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/12t.jpg) White alligator paw in Houston Zoo. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3150/jpeg/09t.jpg) Corn snake (red rat snake, Elaphe guttata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1244/jpeg/24t.jpg) Brown snake in Leningrad Zoo. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 26, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2833/jpeg/04t.jpg) Southern copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix), young individuals with a paler pattern and a yellow tail tip, under a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/21t.jpg) Smooth green snake (Opheodrys vernalis, Grass Snake) on Pitcher Plant Trail in Big Thicket park. Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1073/jpeg/15t.jpg) Brown garter(?) snake on a path in Wolf Pen Creek Park in College Station, Texas, June 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1073/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close up of a brown garter(?) snake on a path in Wolf Pen Creek Park in College Station, Texas, June 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1073/jpeg/17t.jpg) Brown garter(?) snake showing its tongue in Wolf Pen Creek Park in College Station, Texas, June 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/796/jpeg/10t.jpg) Green and brown leaves of coleus in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 3, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/785/jpeg/10t.jpg) Snake cotton (Froelichia) taken from roadside of Road 364, near Sugarloaf Mountain. Gause, Texas, August 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/784/jpeg/19t.jpg) Copperhead snake on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 4, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2813/jpeg/18t.jpg) Rat(?) snake on Four Notch Loop Trail of Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, November 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2315/jpeg/11t.jpg) Bluestripe coastal ribbon snake (Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus nitae) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 16, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/730/jpeg/13t.jpg) Brown caterpillars of Pipevine swallowtail(?) (Battus philenor) on Old Logging Trail in Jesse H. Jones Park. Humble (Houston area), Texas, April 5, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3265/jpeg/26t.jpg) Bluestripe coastal ribbon snake (Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus nitae) near Pickett House Restaurant at Highway 190 west from Woodwille. Texas, November 2, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2315/jpeg/12t.jpg) Head of bluestripe coastal ribbon snake (Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus nitae) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 16, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2388/jpeg/17t.jpg) Water Moccasin snake in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/789/jpeg/25t.jpg) Small brown anole lizard (Anolis sagrei) on a flower of Rudbeckia(?) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, September 5, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/791/jpeg/10t.jpg) Eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2369/jpeg/08t.jpg) A small copperhead snake on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 29, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/07t.jpg) Eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2810/jpeg/20t.jpg) Eastern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon platirhinos)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3489/jpeg/02t.jpg) Concrete mosaic statue of Mesoamerican snake-god Quetzalcoatl by Colette Crutcher on playground in Snake Park (24th and York Mini Park) in Mission District of San Francisco. California, March 16, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1112/jpeg/04t.jpg) African Snake Lily (Chlorophytum colubrinum) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/02t.jpg) Downtown towers, view from Chase Tower. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/03t.jpg) Highway intersection, view from Chase Tower. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/01t.jpg) Green snake on a small sweetgum tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, November 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3443/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spores of small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/816/jpeg/25t.jpg) View of downtown south-west from Chase Tower. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/816/jpeg/26t.jpg) High rise buildings west from Chase Tower. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/785/jpeg/11t.jpg) Cottony 5-lobed tubular flowers in a dense spike-like cluster of Snake cotton (Froelichia) taken from roadside of Road 364, near Sugarloaf Mountain. Gause, Texas, August 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/01t.jpg) Top part of high rise building, view from Chase Tower. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/791/jpeg/11t.jpg) Eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius) hiding in bushes of yaupon holly on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2289/jpeg/19t.jpg) Diamond-backed water snake (Nerodia rhombifer)(?) on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2609/jpeg/12t.jpg) Light brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3418/jpeg/05t.jpg) Young copperhead snake with a yellow tail on a fallen pine tree on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3086/jpeg/05t.jpg) Underside of light grey-brown Tricholoma mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2609/jpeg/18t.jpg) Light brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms under pines on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2609/jpeg/14t.jpg) Gills of light brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2609/jpeg/13t.jpg) Underside of light brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/741/jpeg/17t.jpg) Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei, Norops sagrei, Bahamian Anole) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 2, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2363/jpeg/06t.jpg) Large eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, September 22, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3095/jpeg/18t.jpg) Curled copperhead snake on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2824/jpeg/01t.jpg) Young brown purplepore bracket mushrooms (Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum) on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/25t.jpg) Brown-staining cheese polypore mushrooms (Fuscopostia fragilis) on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/04t.jpg) Large brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms under pines on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2824/jpeg/03t.jpg) Underside of brown purplepore bracket mushrooms (Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum) on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/27t.jpg) Pores of brown-staining cheese polypore mushrooms (Fuscopostia fragilis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3086/jpeg/06t.jpg) Cross section of light grey-brown Tricholoma mushroom in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest near Shepherd. Texas, December 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2238/jpeg/02t.jpg) Water Moccasin snake displaying cottonmouth warning posture on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, March 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2380/jpeg/18t.jpg) Large copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) near camp sites on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, October 13, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3063/jpeg/20t.jpg) Black rat snake near the creek on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/813/jpeg/24t.jpg) Beautyberry turning from burgundy to brown after recent frost in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, December 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/06t.jpg) Gills of a mature large brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3077/jpeg/05t.jpg) Large brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms with cross section on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, December 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3440/jpeg/35t.jpg) Spores of a mushroom Bolbitius pluteoides from a burned oak log (spore print rusty brown), collected in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 3, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2824/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close-up of young brown purplepore bracket mushrooms (Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum) on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 3, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/26t.jpg) Underside of brown-staining cheese polypore mushrooms (Fuscopostia fragilis) on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2609/jpeg/02t.jpg) Cross section of thin white Hydnum alboaurantiacum mushrooms turning brown on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 7, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2409/jpeg/27t.jpg) Small light brown mushrooms Hygrocybe virginea var. ochraceopallida ( Cuphophyllus virgineus)(?) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 1, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2834/jpeg/12t.jpg) Brown corticioid (crust) fungus on a cut surface of a pine log on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest, near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2617/jpeg/10t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom growing over some brown crust fungus under a fallen pine or may be oak on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2834/jpeg/14t.jpg) Close-up of brown corticioid (crust) fungus on a cut surface of a pine log on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest, near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2834/jpeg/13t.jpg) Texture of brown corticioid (crust) fungus on a cut surface of a pine log on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail east from Trailhead No. 4 in Sam Houston National Forest, near Montgomery. Texas, December 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3030/jpeg/22t.jpg) Brown scratch on some pale brown resupinate polypore mushroom on a log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3226/jpeg/31t.jpg) Spores of orange and brown brittlestem mushrooms (Psathyrella) (spore print brown) collected in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2571/jpeg/22t.jpg) Copperhead snake on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2409/jpeg/29t.jpg) Small light brown mushrooms Hygrocybe virginea var. ochraceopallida ( Cuphophyllus virgineus)(?) on black background on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 1, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3443/jpeg/01t.jpg) Small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms under oaks and pines on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2409/jpeg/28t.jpg) Side view of small light brown mushrooms Hygrocybe virginea var. ochraceopallida ( Cuphophyllus virgineus)(?) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, December 1, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/25t.jpg) Brown spore print of reddening very brittle gilled mushrooms (Agaricus, Lacrimaria, Melanophyllum, or maay be Psathyrella) taken a day before from floodplain of Caney Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2617/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close up of resupinate polypore mushroom growing over some brown crust fungus under a fallen pine or may be oak on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/689/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dancer Soraya from Gypsy Dance Theater and Colombian Folkloric Ballet of Houston handling her pet snake (balled python) Avanti on Agora Stage at Texas Renaissance Festival. Plantersville, Texas, November 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3245/jpeg/01t.jpg) Curled copperhead snake on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3446/jpeg/02t.jpg) Conidiophores (brown) at low magnification of corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) from underside of a fallen pine, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2833/jpeg/08t.jpg) Brown purplepore bracket mushrooms (Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum) on a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3443/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close-up of small brown webcap (Cortinarius) mushrooms under oaks and pines on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2414/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dark brown caps of mushrooms Pholiota castanea on burned ground on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, December 16, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/34t.jpg) Water moccasin (cottonmouth) snake in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3238/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of brown Leccinum mushroom (spore print brown) on a path from Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 10, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2696/jpeg/04t.jpg) Yellow-Bellied Water Snake, Nerodia erythrogaster(?), on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3378/jpeg/35t.jpg) Water moccasin (cottonmouth) snake in muddy area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 9, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2833/jpeg/06t.jpg) Light brown layer of resupinate polypore mushroom on pine bark on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 20, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2833/jpeg/05t.jpg) Light brown resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen pine branch on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 20, 2020
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