One of the native turtles of Arizona, a Sonoran Mud Turtle we saw cruising around a water hole in Yavapai County. These stinky little guys can live in many waterways below the rim, and can be seen any time of day and year in the right conditions.
A Blacktailed Rattlesnake from central Arizona. These snakes are often a green shade, leading to misidentification as a Mojave Rattlesnake (which, ironically, are seldom green in many areas). These are large rattlesnakes that live in mountainous terrain, commonly seen by hikers but rarely by homeowners.
