yeah. They're all protected land so you're sort of limited. No collecting, no disturbing habitat. Going off trail is frowned on but...

Still, spend a few hours and you can really see stuff. Oh, be careful in palo duro if you muck around--it's got Scolopendra (sp?) centipedes out the a$$!! I got bit by one once and actually cried. I mean tears on my face crying. way worse than a tarantula or scorpion.



There's actually also a city park in Canyon TX near Palo Duro that has dozens of banded water snakes and more snappers than you can imagine. I used to live across the street from it--if you go during egg laying season in the way too early morning (dawn) you can find 'em laying their eggs :D There's also a good little group of prairie rattlers that lives (or at least used to) on an unused sports field towards the end of the park. They tend to shelter in a little concrete pipe that got put in for drainage.



I don't get to go out of my little area very often, so I know it pretty well There's tons of private land that's probably primo herp habitat but I've never been able to go on any of it. There's one ranch I drive by to get to the canyon that's got a small stream with a pond, and some trees and lots of downed wood...I know that place has to be crawling with herps but I can't even find out who owns it to get permission to go on it



If you're interested in particular species I can try to let you know the best parts of the parks to find them in I'm not as familiar with the Buffalo Lakes place yet--only been out there 3 or 4 times, and only started this year--but wildcat bluff and palo duro I know very well since I've lived near both of them.

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