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Arachnids
Bark Scorpion
Black Widow Spider
Desert Hairy Scorpion
Desert Recluse
Green Lynx Spider
Labyrinth Spider
Stripe-tailed Scorpion
Tailless Whip Scorpion
Tarantula
Animals
Antelope Jackrabbit
Bighorn Sheep
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Bobcat
California Leaf-nosed Bat
Coyote
Desert Box Turtle
Desert Kangaroo Rat
Desert Tortoise
Gopher
Javelina
Mesquite Mouse
Mountain Lion
Round tailed ground squirrel
Sonoran Pronghorn Antelope
Sonoran Toad
Striped Skunk
Birds
Anna's Hummingbird
Black-Chinned Hummingbird
Black Rail
Black Tailed Gnatcatcher
Black Throated Sparrow
Brown-Crested Flycatcher
Bullock's Oriole
Burrowing Owl
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Cactus Wren
Canyon Wren
Costa's Hummingbird
Crissal Thrasher
Gambel's Quail
Gila Woodpecker
Gilded Flicker
Greater Roadrunner
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Lucy's Warbler
Phainopepla
Turkey Vulture
Vermilion Flycatcher
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Cacti
Barrel Cactus
Beavertail Cactus
Chain Fruit Cholla
Crimson Hedgehog Cactus
Fishhook Cactus
Night-blooming Cereus Cactus
Organ Pipe Cactus
Prickly Pear Cactus
Saguaro Cactus
Teddy-bear/Jumping Cholla Cactus
Insects
American Snout Butterfly
Buck Moth
Bumble Bee
Cicada
Common Desert Centipede
Desert Millipede
Fig Beetle
Giant Desert Centipede
Giant Mesquite Bug
Harvester Ant
Kissing Bug
Palo Verde Root Borer
Paper Wasp
Pinacate Beetle
Pipevine Swallowtail
Queen Butterfly
Short-horned Grasshopper
Termites
Walking Sticks
White-lined Sphinx
Lizards
Arizona Night Lizard
Arizona Striped Whiptail
Banded Gila Monster
Chuckwalla Lizard
Common Collared Lizard
Desert Iguana
Desert Spiny Lizard
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard
Fringe-toed Lizard
Gila Monster
Western Banded Gecko
Snakes
Arizona Black Rattlesnake
Black-tailed Rattlesnake
Black Mexican King Snake
Mohave Rattlesnake
Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake
Rock Rattlesnake
Sidewinder Snake
Sonoran Shovel-nose Snake
Sonoran Whipsnake
Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
Tiger Rattlesnake
Twin-spotted Rattlesnake
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Western Rattlesnake
Vegetation
Brittlebush
Bursage
Creosote Bush
Crucifixion Thorn
Desert Ironwood
Desert Sand Verbena
Desert Sunflower
Desert Willow
Fairy Duster
Indigo Bush
Ironwood
Mesquite
Ocotillo Plant
Palo Verde
Primrose
Soaptree Yucca
Triangle-leaf Bursage
Velvet Mesquite
Whitethorn Acacia
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Surfaces and Techniques
Meanings and Interpretations
Dangers to the Petroglyphs
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