Today is Reptile and Amphibian Awareness Day! Reptiles and amphibians play an important role in ecosystems around the world, even in Arizona! To celebrate these scaly and slimy wonders of the world, we're highlighting the Sonoran Desert toad. In the wild, they are found from the Mogollon Rim to Mexico in lower elevation deserts. Sonoran Desert toads spend most of their time hibernating (November-April and June-late July/early August) underground in the soil where it's moist to avoid the dry heat