הזיהויים של arachnerd

When I observed this gecko it was a slightly warm evening. This gecko was laying on a brick wall under a light catching bugs.
Class: Reptilia - dry skin with scales
Order: Squamata - overlapping scales
Family: Gekkonidae - distinct feet with toe pads, nocturnal

Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)

• Lack of coloration and stripes
• Tail shape
• Medium body size

Spotted on my porch table among potted plants. The day was clear and cool but it had rained the night before. As I watched it, it stood very still. I tried to catch it, but it jumped away in the blink of an eye into my large leafy plant. It was about 1.5 inches long or less, brown with patterned spots.

Class: Amphibia--tetrapod with moist skin, scaleless, came out after rain
Subclass: Lissamphibia--extant member
Order: Anura--stout body, long hind limbs for jumping, four toes in front limbs and four toes in hind limbs, no tail (not Urodela), large eyes (not Apoda)
Family: Microhylidae--small body, narrow mouth, round pupils. However, no neck fold.
--Not Ranidae (possibly except it does not have horizontal pupils, could not see if hind limbs are webbed)
--Not Bufonidae because of smooth skin, lacks warts and parotid glands
--Not Pipidae (found in North America)
--Not Hylidae as the toe pads are not significantly conspicuous

Spotted on my porch table among potted plants. The day was clear and cool but it had rained the night before. As I watched it, it stood very still. I tried to catch it, but it jumped away in the blink of an eye into my large leafy plant. It was about 1.5 inches long or less, brown with patterned spots.

Class: Amphibia--tetrapod with moist skin, scaleless, came out after rain
Subclass: Lissamphibia--extant member
Order: Anura--stout body, long hind limbs for jumping, four toes in front limbs and four toes in hind limbs, no tail (not Urodela), large eyes (not Apoda)
Family: Microhylidae--small body, narrow mouth, round pupils. However, no neck fold.
--Not Ranidae (possibly except it does not have horizontal pupils, could not see if hind limbs are webbed)
--Not Bufonidae because of smooth skin, lacks warts and parotid glands
--Not Pipidae (found in North America)
--Not Hylidae as the toe pads are not significantly conspicuous

The weather was 74*F and it was cloudy and humid weather. The weather seemed really good because it was not too cold and not too hot. I took this picture while I was walking in the park. The horse was eating the field grass on sides of walking area.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Scientific Name: Equus ferus caballus

Class- Reptilia:

tetrapods with two sets of paired limbs; Most have five clawed toes on each limb; skin is dry, rough and without glands, bearing epidermal scales or scutes; lateral line system is absent

Order- Squamata:
exceptional skull mobility;

Family- Polychrotinae (Dactyloidae):
can change its color; dewlaps under chin; diurnal; blocky heads, and long, lean legs and tails; female is characterized by a pale dorsal stripe extending from the neck to the tail;

Species- Anolis sagrei:

dark red brown dewlap (pink in green anoles - Anolis carolinensis); frequently display dorsal stripes, spots or bars (green anoles are generally patternless); can only change color between shades of brown

Class- Reptilia:

tetrapods with two sets of paired limbs; Most have five clawed toes on each limb; skin is dry, rough and without glands, bearing epidermal scales or scutes; lateral line system is absent

Order- Squamata:
exceptional skull mobility;

Family- Polychrotinae (Dactyloidae):
can change its color; dewlaps under chin; diurnal; blocky heads, and long, lean legs and tails; female is characterized by a pale dorsal stripe extending from the neck to the tail;

Species- Anolis carolinensis:
can change colors from bright green to dark brown; head is long and pointed with ridges between the eyes and nostrils, and smaller ones on the top of the head; white belly and lips, very long hind legs; moveable eyelids; eyes can move independent of each other; on most, the eyes are surrounded by a thin turquoise border

Long head and ears with black mane. Long legs with hooves. Large body and long back tail. Chestnut brown coat color. The shape of the body and head as well as the presence of a mane extending down the length of the neck lead me to believe that this is a horse. As all horses have been domesticated by humans at some stage in their evolutionary history, this must be a Domestic horse. However, it was not captive at the time of sighting.

Large tapered body, white plumage with black feathers lining the edges of the wings. Neck is mostly featherless and skin is thick and black in color. Relatively short neck for body size. Feather around breast slightly free from neighboring feathers giving a ruffled look about them. Long thick beak, wide at the base, thinning towards the end where is tapers down slightly. The end of the bill is rounded rather than sharp. Long black legs. The large heavy looking body, long legs and short neck with long bill lead me to believe that this is a member of the family Ciconiiformes. The black coloration of the skin on the legs and head, including the lack of the feathers on the neck make me think that this is a Wood stork.

This frog specimen was found late at night, on top of a sign behind my dorm. It is clearly a frog - it is an amphibian with four limbs. The lack of the ancestral tetrapod body shape convinced me that it wasn't just a weird-looking salamander. :) It had toe pads, which leads me to believe that it is a member of the Family Dendrobatidae, Hylidae, or Microhylidae. Because we are not in the right area of the world for poison dart frogs, and because the frog does not seem to have a particularly narrow mouth, that slims it down to being a member of the Family Hylidae. It had a really squat body and slightly pointed nose, with very protrusive eyes that helped to distinguish it from the other frogs I found. I'm not sure where to narrow the identification down from here, but I am pretty sure they are different species.