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Mojave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus)Observer
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Fresh DOR. Fat healthy male.
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Pallid Desert-Digger (Centris pallida)Observer
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Can anybody ID these bees? They were feeding on palo verde blossoms in April 2022 in eastern Pinal County.
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Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus)Observer
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Immature bark scorp (<1/2 adult size) taking down a wild cricket that's probably 3-4 times the body mass of the scorpion.
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Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)Observer
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Breezy with thunderstorms all around but dry at this location. 27C
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Northern Black-tailed Rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus ssp. molossus)Observer
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Overnight DOR. Nice adult female...
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Great Plains Toad (Anaxyrus cognatus)Observer
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On road during rain. Air temp 28C
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Sonoran Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer ssp. affinis)Observer
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Fresh DOR
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Western Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis)Observer
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Nice healthy adult
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Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus)Observer
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Feeding on wild cricket
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Western Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis)Observer
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DOR, desiccated and covered in ants
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Genus ChaetodipusObserver
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At Sabino Canyon Visitor Center
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Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)Observer
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Non-native gecko on wall of Sabino Canyon Visitor Center
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Sonoran Whipsnake (Masticophis bilineatus)Observer
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An hour after first significant rain on months.
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Land Planarians (Family Geoplanidae)Observer
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Length ~10 cm. Crawling on leaf litter near dusk in rain forest, near Rio Galvez in the Peruvian Amazon. February 1997; day & time are approximate.
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Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)Observer
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DOR between 0750 and 0948 MST.
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Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)Observer
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Looks like a giant pigeon...all dark gray, light beak, light eye ring, pink legs and feet. Tail feathers are uniform dark gray with a black band across the distal ends.