| Rocky bluffs of Cottonwood Canyon, from the canyon floor. The bluffs
provide refuge for many species such as red-spotted toads, fence lizards,
collard lizards, blind snakes, night snakes, king snakes, blackhead
snakes, ground snakes and prairie rattlesnakes. |
| Pool on stream in Cottonwood Canyon. These pools provide habitat
for plains leopard frogs, introduced bullfrogs, narrowmouth frogs (some
areas), canyon treefrogs (likely; not found), softshell turtles, yellow
mud turtles (likely; not found) and several species of garter snakes.
In addtion, shallows are utilized for breeding by many species of amphibians. |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
