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The Chiricahua Desert Museum
NM 80 & Portal Road
Rodeo, NM 88056
575-557-5757 or 575-545-5307
Fax 575-557-7575
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The Chiricahua Desert Museum's living collection consists of species native to the North American Southwest and Sky Islands, and is best known for its collection of over thirty-four species of rattlesnakes and world-class displays.
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Several breeding programs are on-going, including two Appendix 1 species: the Coahuilan box turtle (Terrapene coahuila) and the Bolson tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus).
The current catalogue of living species held by the Chiricahua Desert Museum is available here
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