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C. Cactus mouse; Cactus wren; California leaf-nosed bat; Canis latrans mearnsi; Canyon bat; Canyon wren; Cassin's vireo; Chihuahuan spotted whiptail; Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard
The Sonoran desert wraps around the northern end of the Gulf of California, from Baja California Sur (El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve in central and Pacific west coast, Central Gulf Coast subregion on east to southern tip), north through much of Baja California, excluding the central northwest mountains and Pacific west coast, through southeastern California and southwestern and southern ...
Exclusive in Sonoran Desert, Summer Range, (includes the Colorado River Valley, the Grand Canyon, and S Nevada). Abert's towhee, Melozone aberti, (–Sonoran Desert–) Black-throated sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata [1] Permanent breeding range, (but ranges E to Texas, and also Summer ranges to very S Oregon, very S Idaho).
A cougar at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. This image shows the natural surroundings created for the animal enclosures. Founded in 1952, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum interprets the complete natural history of a single region—the Sonoran Desert and adjacent ecosystems—with plants and animals from the region featured together in its exhibits.
The Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus, once included in Centruroides exilicauda) is a small light brown scorpion common to the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. An adult male can reach 8 centimetres (3.1 in) of body length, while a female is slightly smaller, with a maximum length of 7 ...
The Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius), also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, is a toad species found in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.It is well known for its ability to exude toxins from glands within its skin that have psychoactive properties.
Sign along the El Camino Del Diablo at the eastern entrance to Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, providing information about the animal. The Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis) is an endangered subspecies of pronghorn that is endemic to the Sonoran Desert. [2]
Many animals have made the Colorado River and surrounding valley their home. Animals along the river include several species of snakes, scorpions, tarantula, yellow-headed blackbird, desert iguana, kit fox, bobcats, and coyotes. Rivers and streams in the Colorado Basin were once home to 49 species of native fish, of which 42 are endemic. [19]