Agave Series, No. 4.
Tag: Phoenix
Agave Series, No. 3.
Agave Series, No. 3.
Agave Series, No. 2.
Agave Series, No. 2.
Agave Series, No. 1.
All of the photos in this series were taken at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
Agave Series, No. 1.
All of the photos in this series were taken at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
Little female frog, at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
Based solely on geographical distribution, I think this is either a native lowland leopard frog (Lithobates yavapaiensis), or an introduced Rio Grande leopard (L. berlandieri). The Rio Grand species has penetrated most of southwestern Arizona, following the paths of irrigation canals, and is now common wherever there is a reliable body of water. Definitive identification would have required actually capturing this frog and examining its nether regions, which I was unwilling to do, so we will all have to live with the uncertainty.
Little female frog, at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
Based solely on geographical distribution, I think this is either a native lowland leopard frog (Lithobates yavapaiensis), or an introduced Rio Grande leopard (L. berlandieri). The Rio Grand species has penetrated most of southwestern Arizona, following the paths of irrigation canals, and is now common wherever there is a reliable body of water. Definitive identification would have required actually capturing this frog and examining its nether regions, which I was unwilling to do, so we will all have to live with the uncertainty.
Curve-billed thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre), on saguaro (Carnegiea giganteum, top photo), and organ pipe cactus (Stenocereus thurberi, bottom). At the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
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