13 Stunning Animals You’ll Find Inhabiting The Texas Hill Country

Texas Hill Country is located in central Texas, where sloping hills cover 25 different counties. Thin layers of topsoil cover granite and limestone creating a tall and rugged landscape. 

The hills and caverns of Texas Hill Country are home to to many species of wildlife, including muskrats, turkeys, and tarantula, as well as animals that can only be found in that area. The diverse landscape allow for the deer and antelope to roam freely while wild turkeys gobble their way across the hills.

Coming face to face with these creatures is a regular occurrence when out and about in the hill country. Let’s take a look at some of the wildlife that can be found in these hills.

1. Rio Grande Turkey

Photo Credit: National Wild Turkey Federation

 2. Blackbuck Antelope

Photo Credit: TomFawls via Wikimedia Commons

3. Nine-Banded Armadillo

Photo Credit: Carolyn Pepper via naturepicoftheday.com

4. Guadalupe Bass

Photo Credit: ToshBrown.com

5. Cricket Frog

Photo Credit: Melville Osborne via Flickr

6. Brazilian Free-Tailed Bat

Photo Credit: flbg.org

7. Texas Map Turtle

Photo Credit: thehibbitts.net

8. Coyote

Photo Credit: Don DeBold via Flickr

9. Western Diamondback

Photo Credit: coniferousforest.com

10. San Marcos Salamander

Photo Credit: Seth Patterson via Flickr

11. Golden-cheeked Warbler

Photo Credit: wildlandscaping.com

12. Kingfisher

13. Axis Deer

Photo Credit: texas-exotics.com

 

Which animals have you come upon while walking the hills?