John Linstrom

Oct 16, 2024 | terrain.org | Renata Golden |John Linstrom

The keen winds that sweep the valley between the Chiricahua and Peloncillo Mountains can make slithering along the ground on your belly seem like a reasonable way to get around. Spring and fall gusts can wobble mere humans, but snakes just hug tighter to the ground. Like prickly pear and cholla, snakes are icons of the southern Arizona landscape. Thirteen of the 16 species of rattlesnakes in the U.S. live in Arizona.