Native Aquatic Species of the Gila River Basin
in Arizona and New Mexico
Select Native Aquatic Species Profiles
 Loach Minnow (Tiaroga cobitis)  Gila Trout (Oncorhynchus gilae)  Desert Pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius)  Sonora Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi) |
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 Apache Trout (Oncorhynchus apache)  Spikedace (Meda fulgida)  Gila Topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)  Chiricahua Leopard Frog (Rana chiricahuensis) |
Other native aquatic and semi-aquatic species of the Gila River basin
Click on the hyperlinks for the ecology of the species. Courtesy of the
Arizona Natural Heritage Program.
| Fish | Reptiles and Amphibians Riparian species only |
| desert sucker, Pantosteus clarki | lowland leopard frog, Rana yavapaiensis |
| flannelmouth sucker, Catostomus latippinis | Plains leopard frog, Rana blairi |
| headwater chub, Gila nigra | Green toad, Bufo debilis |
| longfin dace, Agosia chrysogaster | Sonoran green toad, Bufo retiformes |
| machete, Elops affinis | red spotted toad, Bufo punctatus |
| roundtail chub, Gila robusta | Arizona toad, Bufo microscaphus |
| Sonora sucker, Catostomus insignis | Woodhouse's toad, Bufo woodhousii |
| speckled dace, Rhinichthys osculus | Great Plains toad, Bufo cognatus |
| striped mullet, Mugil cephalus | yellow mud turtle, Kinosternon flavescens |
| Sonora mud turtle, Kinosternon sonoriense | |
| black necked garter snake, Thamnophis cyrtopsis | |
| terrestrial garter snake, Thamnophis elegans | |
| checkered garter snake, Thamnophis marcianus | |
| Mexican garter snake, Thamnophis eques | |
| narrow headed garter snake, Thamnophis rufipunctatus |
Last Reviewed:
August 10, 2007