phoenix Zoo TRAIL CARDS
AZ Aviary
Mixed Reptile Exhibit
Location:
AZ Aviary - Mixed Reptiles
Common Chuckwalla
Sonoran Desert Tortoise
Spiny-Tailed Iguana
Desert Spiny Lizard
Tiger Whiptail
Note: These animals will brumate during colder months, so they may not be visible.
*Reptiles on exhibit may change occasionally. List last updated 4/2025
Identifying Features:
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Turtles
Location:
AZ Aviary - pond exhibit between entrance & snake hallway
Desert Box Turtle (subspecies of Ornate Box Turtle)
Sonoran Mud Turtle
Note: May not be visible during colder months.
*Turtles and other reptiles on exhibit may change occasionally. List last updated 2/8/25
Identifying Features:
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Vultures & Turkeys
Location:
AZ Aviary - closed area next to mixed reptile exhibit. Turkey vultures are in open area with burrowing owls.
Black Vulture - 1 male, 1 female
Turkey Vulture- 'Edmund' (M) 7/9/2011, (M) dob?, 'Wing' (F) ~2006; 'One Eye' (M) ~1963 - located with burrowing owls
Wild Turkey - (M) 8/27/2019, (F) 8/26/2019
Common Raven - Poe (M); Onyx (F); (M) 1/1/2009
Identifying Features:
*one more black vulture and 2 turkey vultures on exhibit at front entrance
Ducks & other birds
Location:
AZ Aviary - open exhibit
Birds on exhibit may change occasionally.*
Black-Bellied Whistling Duck - (M) 7/19/2018; Whistles (F) 4/1/2023
Gallinule
Gambel's Quail - (F) 5/17/2017
Green Heron
Green-Winged Teal - (M) 11/1/2021; (F) 11/1/2021
Hooded Mergansers - (F) 10/18/2021
House Finch
Snowy Egret - 3 male, 3 female, hatched 2010-2024
White-Faced Ibis - (M) 8/12/2004
White-Faced Whistling Duck - (M) 7/22/2022; (F) 7/18/2010
Wood Duck - (F) 11/17/2021
* Birds on exhibit may change occasionally. List last updated 3/20/26
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Identifying Features:
Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks - (M) 7/19/2018; 'Whistles' (F) ~4/2023
Gambel's Quail - 2 males, 2 females
Green-Winged Teal - 1 male, 1 female - ~11/1/2021
Hooded Mergansers - 2 females
Snowy Egret - 2 males, 1 female ~9/2010
White-Faced Ibis - 1 male (8/12/2004)
White-Faced Whistling Duck - (F) 7/18/2010; (M) 7/22/2022
Wood Duck - (M) 1/1/2022; (F) 11/17/2021
Snakes - Nonvenomous (Hallway)
Location:
AZ Aviary - snake hallway
Snakes on exhibit may change occasionally.*
Sonoran Lyresnake
Green Ratsnake
Desert Kingsnake
Western Hognose Snake
Arizona Mountain Kingsnake
Long-Nosed Snake
Glossy Snake
Sonoran Gopher Snake
*Snakes on exhibit may change occasionally. List last updated 4/2026
Identifying Features:
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Snakes - Venomous (Hallway)
Location:
AZ Aviary - Snake Hallway
Banded Rock Rattlesnake
Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake
Grand Canyon Rattlesnake
Hopi Rattlesnake
Albino Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Massasauga
Sidewinder
Great Basin Rattlesnake
Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
Tiger Rattlesnake
Mohave Rattlesnake
Prairie Rattlesnake
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Arizona Black Rattlesnake
Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
*Snakes on exhibit may change occasionally. List last updated 4/2026
Identifying Features:
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Deserts of the World
Location:
AZ Aviary - Deserts of the World
Peter's Rock Agama
Kimberly Rock Monitor
Gidgee Skink
Mozambique Girdled Lizard
Pancake Tortoise
Gila Monster
Rio Fuerte Beaded Lizard
Cobra - rotates between 4 species: Cape, Moroccan, Egyptian, or Red-spitting
Shield-Tailed Agama
Desert Blond Tarantula
Western Banded Gecko
Saw Scaled Viper
Santa Catalina Island Rattlesnake
Sidewinder
Saharan Horned Viper
*Reptiles on exhibit may change occasionally. List last updated 3/24/2026
Identifying Features:
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Diversity in the Desert - Arthropods
Location:
AZ Aviary - Diversity in the Desert indoor area
Giant Water Bug
Desert Blond Tarantula
Giant Desert Centipede
Blue Death-Feigning Beetle
Arizona Walking Stick
*Animals on exhibit may change occasionally. List last updated 3/24/2026
Identifying Features:
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Diversity - Amphibians
Location:
AZ Aviary - Diversity in the Desert Hallway
Great Plains Toad
Couch's Spadefoot Toad
Red Spotted Toad
Sonoran Desert Toad
Tiger Salamander
Green Toad
*Animals on exhibit may change occasionally. List last updated 3/24/2026
Identifying Features:
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Diversity - Snakes
Location:
AZ Aviary - Diversity in the Desert Hallway
Night Snake
Western Shovel-Nosed Snake
Thornscrub Hook-Nosed Snake
California Kingsnake
Eastern Patch-Nosed Snake
New Mexico Milksnake
Desert Rosy Boa
Mexican Rosy Boa
*Animals on exhibit may change occasionally. List last updated 3/24/2026
Identifying Features:
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Diversity - Lizards
Location:
AZ Aviary - Diversity in the Desert Hallway
Desert Iguana
Black Spotted Collared Lizard
Sonoran collared Lizard
Common Chuckwalla
Spiny-Tailed Iguana
Baja Blue Rock Lizard
*Animals on exhibit may change occasionally. List last updated 3/24/2026
Identifying Features:
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