Images of Texas: Can You Guess?

Since this post got buried a bit in the Sunday festivities, I wanted to give people--especially the kiddos--a chance to check out the Texas wildlife.

All right, detectives. Can anyone guess what the girls (our girls and their cousin, Isabella in Brookshire, TX) are studying. . .

in this picture?

And here?
This sleek green fellow actually changes colors like his African cousin (I'm not sure about the actual connection as far as genus or whatever goes, but they have the same common name).

Now, what about this handsome devil?

Thing, thing! What IS that thing? (Here's a hint: in this pic, it's dead.)

It actually belongs here in the waters of Iron's Creek, but an animal had decided it would make a tasty snack.

Probably not Nino, the cat, who hunts more for birds and snakes--and there are plenty of the reptilian family in this part of Texas. If only I'd captured a picture of the nutria (think Rodent of Unusual Size) this Christmas, too!