Lizards–reptiles that spend majority of their day inactive in burrows.
Northern Whiptail-long and thin lizards with pointed snouts and tails longer than their body. Average snout-vent lengths are from 2 ¾ inches to 5 ¼ inches, with their tail being over a foot in length. These lizards are tan, olive, or brown with lighter stripes and/or yellow or white spots.
Sceloporus magister-also known as the desert spiny lizard is a large stocky and scaley lizard which can grow to be up to 5.6 inches in length from snout to vent. These lizards are gray, tan or brown.
Snakes- during late spring and early fall is when you’ll find snakes active during the day. During the winter they become inactive and then in the summer they become crepuscular (active at twilight).
Gopher Snake-large snake between 36-96 inches long and can be cream-yellow to green-gray to tan in color. Many range in color but all have large black, brown or reddish blotches on their back and small blotches on their side.
Western Rattlesnake– medium/large snake between 70-100 cm in length. This snake is brown and sometimes a little greenish, with large blotches on its back and white crossbars on the tail.
Cooper’s Hawk- medium-sized bird with broud rounded wings and a very long tail.
Rock Squirrels-large brownish gray squirrels about 1.5 inches in length with a brushy tail approximately 8 inches long. They live in open burrows and are active during the day.
Fennec Fox– this long eared small fox stays does a majority of its activity at night as it goes out to hunt birds and other small animals, and then spends its time in a burrow during the hot day.
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