reptiles – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

My Lifer Northern Cottonmouth/Water Moccasin Photos

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-17T03:27:40-05:00April 15th, 2024|Categories: Northern Cottonmouths (Water Moccasins), Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: Agkistrodon piscivorus, bottomland hardwood forests, close up, cottonmouth, cottonmouths, forest, moccasin, moccasins, Northern Cottonmouth, portrait, reptile, reptiles, road, snake, snakes, spring, Water Moccasin|

While I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday, I took photos of my lifer adult Northern Cottonmouth, aka Water Moccasin, on one of the roads there.

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Common Five-lined Skink Photos

By Mia McPherson|2023-07-15T03:49:17-05:00July 15th, 2023|Categories: Common Five-lined Skinks, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Common Five-lined Skink, female, lizard, lizards, log, male, Oklahoma, Plestiodon fasciatus, reptiles, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, skink, skinks, spring, summer|

Today, I am sharing three Common Five-lined Skink photos that I took at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma when I visited my friend Steve Creek.

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Three-toed Box Turtle Photos From Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|2023-07-01T18:22:45-05:00July 2nd, 2023|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Three-toed Box Turtles|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, box turtle, box turtles, glowing, morning light, move, reptiles, spotlight, spring, Terrapene carolina ssp. triunguis, Three-toed Box Turtle, turtle, turtles|

This morning I am showcasing four Three-toed Box Turtle photos that I took while I visited Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Oklahoma.

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West Desert Great Basin Gopher Snake

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-19T19:38:42-05:00August 19th, 2022|Categories: Gopher Snakes, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, desert, dirt, foothills, Gopher Snake, Great Basin Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer, Pituophis catenifer deserticola, reptile, reptiles, road, sky island mountains, snake, snakes, summer|

Two days ago while out exploring the West Desert of Utah I was thrilled to come across a large Great Basin Gopher Snake warming itself on a dusty dirt road.

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