NM Game & Fish - State Herpetologist, Charlie Painter,
holds a very large snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina
Photo courtesy of Lori King

Photo courtesy of Lori King

Please do not try this without proper instruction.
Snapping turtles can bite quite harshly!
Photo courtesy of Lori King

Budding Herper, Brandon Schalip,
and Kevin Holladay, NM Game & Fish Public Education,
look at tadpoles they just scooped out of a pond.
Photo courtesy of Lori King

Brandon Schalip admiring
a large bullfrog
encountered on a night hike.
Photo courtesy of Lori King

A massive Bullsnake caught in the ghost town
up the road from Wind River Ranch
Photo courtesy of Lori King