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CLBR Species List C.L. Browning Ranch Observed Species as of May 2008 AMPHIBIANS Acris crepitans blanchardi Cricket Frog Anolis carolinensis Green Anole Bufo speciosus Texas Toad Cnemidophorus gularis Texas Spotted Whiptail Hyla versicolor Gray Tree Frog Pseudacris streckeri Strecker's Chorus Frog Rana blairi Plains Leopard Frog Sceloporus olivaceus Texas Spiny Lizard Scincella lateralis Ground Skink Syrrhophus marnockii Cliff Chirping Frog Trachemys scripta elegans Red-eared Slider AQUATIC INSECTS Anax junius Common Green Darner Argia plana Springwater Dancer Argia sp. Short-stalked Damselfly Argia translata Dusky Dancer Baetodes inermis Mayfly Baetodes sp. Mayfly Brechmorhoga mendax Pale-faced Clubskimmer Caenis latipennis Mayfly Callibaetis sp. Mayfly Caloparyphus sp. No common name Camelobaetidius sp. Mayfly Chironomini Midge Coptotomos sp. (A) No common name Cymbiodyta sp. (A) Water Scavenger Beetle Dugesia sp. Flatworm Enallagma basidens Double-striped Bluet Enallagma sp. Bluet Epicordulia princeps Prince Baskettail Erpetogomphus designatus Ringtail Dragonfly Fallceon quilleri Mayfly Gerris remigis Common Water Strider Gyraulus sp. Freshwater Snail Helicopsyche borealis Caddisfly Helisoma anceps Two-ridge Rams-horn Hyalella azteca Scud Leucotrichia sp. Caddisfly Marilia sp. Caddisfly Nectopsyche sp. Caddisfly Neochoroterpes sp. Mayfly Perithemis sp. Amber-wing; Dragonfly Phylloicus aeneus Caddisfly Physella sp. Sinistral Pond Snail Polycentropus sp. Caddisfly Procambarus sp. Crayfish Psephenus texanus (L) Water Penny Beetle Rhagovelia sp. Riffle bug Simulium sp. Black Fly Stenonema femoratum Cream Cahill; Mayfly Tanypodinae Midge Tetragoneuria petechialis Dot-winged Baskettail Tricorythodes minutus Mayfly Tricorythodes sp Mayfly BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS Actias luna Luna Moth Agraulis vanillae Gulf Frittilary Asterocampa celtis Hackberry Butterfly Asterocampa clyton Tawny Emperor Atalopedes campestris Field Skipper Atteva punctella Ermine Moth Automeris io Io Moth Battus philenor Pipevive Swallowtail Cercyonis pegala Common Wood Nymph Chrysopa spp. Green Lacewings Danus plexippus Monarch Butterfly Eupotoieta claudia Varigated Fritillary Eurema nicippe Sleepy Orange Hyles lineata White-lined Sphinx Junonia coenia Common Buckeye Libytheana carinenta Snout Butterfly Limenitis archippus Viceroy Melipotis indomita Noctuid Moth Nymphalis antiopa Mourning Cloak Papilio cresphontes Giant Swallowtail Papilio glaucus Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes Black Swallowtail Phoebis agarithe Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis sennae Cloudless Sulphur Polygonia interrogationis Question Mark Precis coenia Buckeye Strymon melinus Gray Hairstreak Vanessa atalanta Red Admiral Vanessa cardui American Lady Vanessa virginiensis Painted Lady Wallengrenia otho Skipper FISH Gambuisa affinis Mosquitofish Lepomis megalotis Longear Sunfish Micropterus salmoides Largemouth Bass Dionda episcopa Roundnose Minnow Lepomis cyanellus Green Sunfish FLYING INSECTS Aedes spp., Culex spp. Mosquitos Apis mellifera Honey Bee Bombus spp. Bumble Bee Bombyliidae Bee Fly Calliphora spp. Blow Fly Callirhytis quercuspomiformis Live Oak Gall Wasp Corydalus cornutus Eastern Dobsonfly Diptera: Tipulidae spp. Crane Flies Euphoria kerni Flower-feeding Scarab Gryllus pennsylvanicus Field Cricket Jadera haematoloma Redshouldered Bug Lopidea spp. Scarlet Laurel Bug Melanoplus differentialis Differential grasshopper Musca domestica House Fly Plecia nearctica Lovebugs Polistes spp. Paper Wasps Sceliphron caementarium Black-and-Yellow Mud Dauber Schistocerca americana American Bird Grasshopper Stratiomys sp Soldier's Fly Tabanus spp. Horse Flies Tibicen dorsata Grand Western Cicada Vespula squamosa Yellow Jackets GROUND INSECTS Acrosternum hilare Green Stink Bug Amblyomma americanum Lone Star Tick Anisomorpha buprestoides Walking Stick Atta texana Texas Leafcutting Ant Brochymena sp. Rough Stink Bug Calosoma scrutator Caterpillar Hunter Camponotus festinatus Texas Carpenter Ant Centruroides vittatus Striped Bark Scorpion Cotinis nitida Green June Beetle Dactylopius confusus Cochineal Bug Formica spp. Red Ant Hyphantria cunea Fall Webworm Leptoglossus sp. Leaffooted Bug Lopidea spp. Scarlet Plant Bug Malacosoma disstria Forest Tent Caterpillars Mantis religiosa Praying Mantis Megalopyge opercularis Asp Megaphasma dentricus Giant Walkingstick Murgantia histrionca Harlequin Bug Oncopeltus fasciatus Large Milkweed Bug Ornithodorus spp. Mammal Soft Ticks Periplaneta americana American Cockroach Phanaeus vindex Rainbow Scarab Phyllophaga sp. June Beetle Podisus spp. Spined Soldier Bug Pogonomyrmex rugosus Rough Harverster Ant Pterophylla camellifolia True Katydid Scolopendra subspinipes Giant Centipede Solenopsis geminata Fire Ant Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis Bagworm Triatoma sanquisuga Kissing Bug Zopherus nodulosus haldemani Ironclad Beetle MAMMALS Baiomys taylori Pygmy Mouse Bassariscus astutus Ringtail Canis latrans Coyote Chaetodipus hispidus Hispid Pocket Mouse Conepatus leuconotus Hog-nosed Skunk Dasypus novemcinctus Nine-banded Aramdillo Erethizon dorsatum North American Porcupine Lasiurus borealis Eastern Red Bat Lepus californicus Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lynx rufus Bobcat Mephitis mephitis Striped Skunk Myotis velifer Cave Myotis Odocoileus virginianus White-tailed Deer Peromyscus leucopus White-footed Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus Deer Mouse Procyon lotor Northern Raccoon Sciurus niger Eastern Fox Squirrel Spermophilus variegatus Rock Squirrel Sus scrofa Feral Pig Sylvilagus floridanus Eastern Cottontail Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana Mexican Free-Tailed Bat Urocyon cinereoargenteus Common Gray Fox SNAKES Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus Broad-Banded Copperhead Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma Western Cottonmouth Coluber constrictor flaviventris Eastern Yellow-Bellied Racer Crotalus atrox Western Diamond-Backed Rattelsnake Elaphe emoryi emoryi Great Plains Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri Texas Rat Snake Lampropeltis triangulum annulata Mexican Milk Snake Masticophis flagellum testaceus Western Coachwhip Masticophis taeniatus ornatus Central Texas Whipsnake Micrurus tener Texas Coral Snake Nerodia erythrogaster transversa Blotched Water Snake Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer Diamond-Backed Water Snake Opheodrys aestivus Rough Green Snake Pituophis catenifer sayi Bull Snake Sonora semiannulata semiannulata Variable Ground Snake Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus Red-Striped Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sirtalis annectens Texas Garter Snake Virginia striatula Rough Earth Snake SPIDERS Lycosidae spp. Wolf Spider Aphonopelma spp. Tarantula Argiope aurantia Black-and-Yellow Argiope Leiobunum spp. Eastern Daddy-long-legs Phidippus audax Bold Jumping Spider.
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