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Desert Wildlife 76 images Created 22 Jan 2019

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  • Western Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus, hides under a rock in Red Rock Canyon State Park, California
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  • Western Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus, hides under a rock in Red Rock Canyon State Park, California
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  • Mojave fringe-toed lizard, Uma scoparia, on the Ibex Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California. The elongated scales or "fringe" on its toes give this lizard traction to run over loose, dry sand. Listed as a Species of Special Concern by the State of California due to declining populations and habitat loss.
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  • Mojave fringe-toed lizard, Uma scoparia, on the Ibex Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California. The elongated scales or "fringe" on its toes give this lizard traction to run over loose, dry sand. Listed as a Species of Special Concern by the State of California due to declining populations and habitat loss.
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  • Desert iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, climbing a creosote bush, Larrea tridentata, to feed on new leaves. Ibex Dunes are in the background. Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Western Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus, escapes predators by hiding in a crevice and inflating its lungs so it can't be pulled out. Joshua Tree National Park, California
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  • A male side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana, watches carefully as a potential predator flies overhead. Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Male Desert spiny lizard, Sceloporus magister, displays the blue markings on its throat. Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Long-nosed leopard lizard, Gambelia wislizenii, in Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus (Sauromalus ater), near the ghost town of Leadfield, on Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus (Sauromalus ater), near the ghost town of Leadfield, on Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus (Sauromalus ater), near the ghost town of Leadfield, on Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus (Sauromalus ater), near the ghost town of Leadfield, on Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus (Sauromalus ater), near the ghost town of Leadfield, on Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Great Basin collared lizard, Crotaphytus bicinctores. Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada
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  • Great Basin collared lizard, Crotaphytus bicinctores. Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada
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  • Female side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana, Red Rock Canyon State Park, California
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  • Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard, Uma notata, buried in sand.  Algodones dunes, Imperial County, California
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  • Tucson banded gecko, Coleonyx variegatus bogerti. Saguaro National Park, Arizona
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  • Desert grassland whiptail, Cnemidophorus uniparens, an all-female species that reproduces by parthenogenesis. Sycamore Canyon, Coronado National Forest, Arizona.
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  • Hind foot of Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard, Uma notata.  Algodones dunes, Imperial County, California
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  • Side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana, in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Shadow of a Mojave Desert sidewinder, Crotalus cerastes cerastes, on sand dunes in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • John S. Cook & Co Bank building, Rhyolite ghost town, Nevada
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  • Great Basin gopher snake, Pituophis catenifer deserticola, crossing Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Park visitor stops to read an interpretive sign at Mesquite Flat sand dunes, which features a photo of a sidewinder by wildlife photographer Dan Suzio. Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Panamint rattlesnake, Crotalus mitchellii stephensi, crossing a road in Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Panamint rattlesnake, Crotalus mitchellii stephensi, in Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Panamint rattlesnake, Crotalus mitchellii stephensi, in defensive posture, ready to strike. Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • A female desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizi, feeds on annual plants at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area, Mojave Desert, California. The tortoise is a state- and federally-listed Threatened Species.
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  • A female desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizi, feeds on annual plants at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area, Mojave Desert, California. The tortoise is a state- and federally-listed Threatened Species.
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  • Rear view of a female desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizi. State- and Federally-listed Threatened Species. Desert Tortoise Natural Area, Mojave Desert, California.
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  • A male desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizi, at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area, Mojave Desert, California. The tortoise is a state- and federally-listed Threatened Species.
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  • A male desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizi, peers out from behind a shrub at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area, Mojave Desert, California. The tortoise is a state- and federally-listed Threatened Species.
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  • A male desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizi, eats a piece of sun-dried tortoise scat at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area, Mojave Desert, California. The tortoise is a state- and federally-listed Threatened Species.
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  • Desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizi (Xerobates agassizi), surrounded by goldfields, Lasthenia chrysostoma. State- and Federally-listed Threatened Species. Desert Tortoise Natural Area, Mojave Desert, California.
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  • Bobcat, Lynx rufus (Felis rufus), partially concealed behind a bush in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Bobcat, Lynx rufus (Felis rufus), Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Coyote, Canis latrans, crossing Badwater Road in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Coyote, Canis latrans, crossing Badwater Road in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Coyote, Canis latrans, crossing Badwater Road in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Rock squirrel, Otospermophilus variegatus (Citellus variegatus). Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona
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  • Black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona
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  • Black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona
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  • Yuma antelope squirrel, Ammospermophilus harrisi. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona
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  • Yuma antelope squirrel, Ammospermophilus harrisi. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona
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  • Desert cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii, Red Rock Canyon State Park, California
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  • Audubon's cottontail, Silvilagus audubonii. Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus.  Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Turkey vulture, Cathartes aura, at sunset. Saguaro National Park, Arizona
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  • Cactus wren, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus, in agave.  Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona
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  • Inca dove, Columbina inca, building nest in cactus. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona
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  • Curve-billed thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre. Saguaro National Park, Arizona
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  • Curve-billed thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre. Saguaro National Park, Arizona
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  • Nest of common raven, Corvus corax, Red Rock Canyon State Park, California
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  • Greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus, at Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus, at Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • A male brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater, catches an insect larva on a pickleweed plant, Allenrolfea occidentalis, in Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, perched in a tamarisk or saltcedar, Tamarix sp, in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Turkey vulture, Cathartes aura. Near Pena Blanca Lake, Coronado National Forest, Arizona
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  • Common raven, Corvus corax, harasses a juvenile red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, over Hunter Mountain in the Cottonwood Mountains of Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia. Oasis Valley, Nevada
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  • Tadpoles of Amargosa toad, Bufo nelsoni.  The species is described as sensitive and imperiled by the State of Nevada and U.S. Bureau of Land Management, but is not listed as an Endangered Species.  Oasis Valley, near Beatty, Nevada
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  • Canyon treefrog, Hyla arenicolor, is well camouflaged in the rocky streambed of Bear Canyon, Coronado National Forest, Arizona
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  • Canyon treefrog, Hyla arenicolor. The frog's staccato mating call creates ripples in an intermittent stream in Bear Canyon, Coronado National Forest, Arizona.
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  • Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard, Uma notata.  Algodones dunes, Imperial County, California
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  • Tracks of Colorado Desert sidewinder, Crotalus cerastes laterorepens, Algodones Dunes, California
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  • Desert cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii, Red Rock Canyon State Park, California
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  • Common raven, Corvus corax, Red Rock Canyon State Park, California
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  • Sign on Trona-Wildrose Road, Panamint Valley, California
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  • Black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus.  Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Tracks of common raven, Corvus corax. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada
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  • Desert horned lizard, Phrynosoma platyrhinos, in Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Long-nosed leopard lizard, Gambelia wislizenii, in Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Long-nosed leopard lizard, Gambelia wislizenii, in Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park, California
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