What animals live near or in the Rio Grande?

- Javelina (collared peccary)

- Armadillo

- Bobcat

- Black bear

- Gray wolf

- Mountain lion

- Ocelot

- Coyote

- Jaguarundi

- Raccoon

- Ringtail

- Skunk

- Striped skunk

- White-tailed deer

- Mule deer

Birds

- Bald eagle

- Black-chinned sparrow

- Cactus wren

- Gambel's quail

- Golden-fronted woodpecker

- Great blue heron

- Inca dove

- Mourning dove

- Northern cardinal

- Painted bunting

- Pyrrhuloxia

- Red-tailed hawk

- Roadrunner

- Rufous-winged sparrow

- Scarlet macaw

- Texas kingfisher

- White ibis

- Wild turkey

Reptiles

- Banded rock gecko

- Blue-tailed skink

- Bullsnake

- Chuckwalla

- Common kingsnake

- Common snapping turtle

- Copperhead

- Coral snake

- Gila monster

- Great Plains rat snake

- Green rat snake

- Mexican garter snake

- Night snake

- Northern black racer

- Northern Pacific rattlesnake

- Prairie rattlesnake

- Red-eared slider

- Ringneck snake

- Rock rattlesnake

- Rosy boa

- Round-tailed horned lizard

- Texas horned lizard

- Texas rat snake

- Texas spiny lizard

- Western diamondback rattlesnake

- Western hognose snake

Amphibians

- American bullfrog

- Arroyo toad

- Chiricahua leopard frog

- Great Plains toad

- Green frog

- Leopard frog

- Mexican spadefoot toad

- Montezuma quail frog

- Narrow-mouthed toad

- Northern cricket frog

- Plains leopard frog

- Red-spotted toad

- Tarahumara frog

- Woodhouse's toad

Fish

- Black bass

- Bluegill

- Channel catfish

- Flathead catfish

- Green sunfish

- Largemouth bass

- Rainbow trout

- Red drum

- Rio Grande perch

- Rio Grande shiner

- Smallmouth bass

- Striped bass

- Tilapia

- White bass

Invertebrates

- Dragonfly

- Grasshopper

- Honeybee

- Monarch butterfly

- Mosquito

- Scorpion

- Spider

- Tarantula

- Termite

- Tick

- Wasp