#wildlife: arizona

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A ringnecked snake (Diadophis punctatus) plays dead and shows off its vibrant ventral scales in Arizona, USA

by Francesca Heras

[miamaimania]

Arizona's Desert Heights: A Bobcat's Unlikely Throne Œต

[ofhoovesandheart]

salt river mustangs ☀️

[wandering-jana]

The leopard lacewing, a species of heliconiine butterfly found from India to southern China (southern Yunnan), and Indochina.

Tucson Botanical Gardens, Arizona

Feb. 2019

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A big brown bat takes a sip of water in Green Valley, Arizona.

Danita Delimont/Getty Images

[ravensarca]

Serpent's Watch

Guardia de la Serpiente

[pangeen]

" Tinctorius Dendrobates " //© Meritt Thomas

"  Tinctorius is highly toxic if consumed !! It produces pumiliotoxins and allopumiliotoxins that the frog uses for self-defense. The main alkaloid carried by this species is pumiliotoxin (PTX), which is highly toxic. PTX interferes with the muscle contractions by affecting the calcium channels, causing locomotor difficulties, clonic convulsions, paralysis or even death.  D. tinctorius toxin can lead to cardio-respiratory problems, mainly through the neurotoxic action, which affects the sodium and potassium channels, impairing the muscle contraction, and consequently, the heart and breathing muscles " © Wikipedia

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@skyfallscotland this is entirely for you since I can’t send videos over messages. ❤️

[wingedjewels]

Vermillion Flycatcher, facing forward by Ruby 2417 Via Flickr: Tucson, Arizona.

[tsalala]

The winning name, unveiled Thursday, is O:shad Ñu:kudam, which means “jaguar protector” in the O’odham language.

It’s pronounced OH-shahd NOO-KOO-dum, but you can call the cat OH-shahd for short.

“The return of jaguars to our land is a source of immense pride and profound hope,” said Austin Nunez, chairman of the tribe’s San Xavier District, in a written statement.

“Since time immemorial, the Tohono O’odham have shared our homelands with the jaguar. We are committed to working to ensure a safe and thriving future for O:shad and one day hope to see the return of a breeding population of jaguars to this region.”

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A pair of rosy faced lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis) in Phoenix, Arizona, originally from Southwestern Africa

by R. Russell Beatson

[randadrives]

Wolf Moon over Quartzsite - 13 January 2025

[iridiumurchin]

So I'm just gonna dump a bunch of photos I took when I went on a trip to my dads property a few weeks ago. (He lives in a tent in the middle of arizona.)

So anyway that's about everything. I didn't get to explore too much because I was sick the whole week. And before that. And still.

I wish I could have gotten better pictures but my phone is kinda old so.

[wandering-jana]

Coyote on the trail (using a zoom lens). I was the only person on the trail for awhile. There was so much wildlife.

Saguaro National Park

Tucson, Arizona

2019

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

Narrow-headed, but never narrow-minded! 🐍

Narrow-headed Garter Snake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus)

Arizona and New Mexico, USA

Status: federally Threatened

[sitting-on-me-bum]

After sunset, the bobcat (Lynx rufus) woke up, walked out followed by rolling on the ground and stretching. Then it walked right up to me, just to the other side of the hedge between us, and peeked through it at me, too close for photos. Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Arizona, USA. 24 January 2019. COTH

By Paule Hjertaas