My passions are painting, music, and nature (particularly herpetology) and I occasionally contribute information on these subjects to Wikipedia. I like writing in depth and sticking to subjects that I know. I am an avid nature photographer and sometimes contribute images to Wikimedia Commons to illustrate articles, although I'm not inclined to give my very best to the public domain (Category:Photographs and images by William L. Farr). I occasionally make original maps or graphics as well. I was born in Houston, Texas in 1958, and have lived in Houston and worked in the fields of herpetology and fine art all of my life.

Some articles that I have made significant contributions (added bytes) to include -

Natural History

Art

History of Art (Heading and texts for): Western art after 1770, Realism (c. 1840–1880), Impressionism (c. 1860–1890), Symbolism (c. 1860–1915), Post-Impressionism (c. 1885–1905), Fauvism (c. 1898–1908), Expressionism (c. 1905–1933), Surrealism (c. 1924–1950) (55,094 bytes total)

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  Distribution of 11 species (and partial distribution of a 12th) of turtles in the genus Graptemys
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  Geographic distribution of three species of Ctenosaura: (C. acanthura, C. pectinata, C. similis)
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  Lepidochelys kempii distribution: red = nesting beach; green= adult male; dark blue = adult female; mid-blue = juvenile & subadult; arrows = Gulf Strean; light blue = accidentals and vagrants, black dots = verified records
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  Distribution of the Yucatán Cantil, (Agkistrodon russeolus)
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  Geographic distribution of cottonmouths, Agkistrodon piscivorus and Agkistrodon conanti
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  Baygalls are shallow wetlands that typically form on the terraces of forest slopes or on the margins of floodplains.
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  Map with five interpretations of the Big Thicket
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  Geological formations (diagonal center) of the Big Thicket Basin and the Epochs in which they were formed (lower right)
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  Tamaulipan Mezquital Map

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  Grass-pink Orchid (Calopogon sp.), Tyler Co., Texas (1 May 2020)
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  A blackwater stream, Big Thicket National Preserve, Polk Co. Texas (23 Mar 2020)
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  Ladies'-tresses Orchid (Spiranthes sp.), Tyler Co., Texas (11 May 2012)
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  Big Thicket National Preserve, Hardin Co., Texas (16 April 2020)
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  Pinewoods Lily (Alophia drummondii), Hardin Co., Texas (11 May 2012)

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  Texas Banded Gecko (Coleonyx brevis), Webb Co. Texas
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  Slowinski’s cornsnake (Pantherophis slowinskii) in-situ, Colorado Co., Texas (May 2018)
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  American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in-situ, Chambers Co. Texas (27 April 2012)

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  East Texas Toad (Anaxyrus velatus) or (A. woodhousii x fowleri) Hardin Co. Texas
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  Blackwater/muddy water, Big Thicket National Preserve, Hardin Co., Texas (3 April 2020)
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  Texas map turtle (Graptemys versa) in situ, Travis Co. Texas (12 April 2012)
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  Pitcher plant flower (Sarracenia alata), Tyler County, Texas (1 May 2020)
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  Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) in-situ, Montgomery Co. Texas

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  Ranchland with wildflowers, Lavaca Co., Texas (19 April 2014)
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  Northern crested caracara (Caracara cheriway), Colorado Co., Texas (24 May 2014)
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  Attwater’s Pockrt Gopher (Geomys attwateri), Colorado Co. Texas (12 May 2014)
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  Fox Glove (Penstemon cobaea), Lavaca Co., Texas (19 April 2014)

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  Texas bluebonnets (Lupinus texensis), Kerr Co., Texas (17 April 2015)
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  Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), Austin Co., Texas (30 January 2014)
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  Ranchland, Edwards Plateau, Mason Co., Texas (17 April 2015)

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  Mexican ground squirrel (Ictidomys mexicanus) Cameron Co. Texas (12 April 2016)
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  Tamaulipan Rock Rattlesnake (Crotalus morulus), Tamailipas, Mexico (27 May 2005)
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  Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Jefferson Co, Washington (6 June 2014)
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  Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus), in-situ, Napa Co. California (3 July 2012)

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  Greater Earless lizard (Cophosaurus texanus), male, Llano Co. Texas (2022)
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  Burrowing Toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis), Tamaulipas, Mexico
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  Tamaulipan False Brook Salamander (Aquiloeurycea scandens), Tamaulipas, Mexico
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  Minor Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus minor) in-situ, Tamaulipas, Mexico (4 October 2008)
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  Taylor's Cantil (Agkistrodon taylori), female, Tamaulipas, Mexico (September 2007)

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  Tamaulipan thornscrub habitat, Webb Co., Texas, (10 June 2016)
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  Rio Guayalejo & Cerro del Bernal, Tamaulipas, Mexico (17 April 2001)
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  Cloud forest stream in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico (24 September 2003)

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  Reserva natural del Valle de Iruelas, Castilla y León, Spain (27 August 2017)
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  Wuying National Forest, Heilongjiang, China (6 Sept 2016)
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  Siberian Salamander (Salamandrella keyserlingii), Heilongjiang, China (8 September 2016)
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  Jinshanling Great Wall, Pan Long Shan Scenic Area, Hebei, China (17 September 2014)

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  Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve, near Chitina, Alaska (28 June 2009)
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  Muskox (Ovibos moschatus), Dalton Highway (Hwy 11) Northern Slope Borough, Alaska (10 August 2010)
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  Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve, Chitina, Alaska (28 June 2009)