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Rattlesnakes and toads get busy during monsoon season

A western diamondback rattlesnake “tastes” the air at the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary on Aug. 29, 2022. (Photo by Samantha Chow/Cronkite News) Cale Morris, venom manager at the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary, points to the venom glands on a Sonoran desert toad on Aug. 29, 2022. (Photo by Samantha Chow/Cronkite News) Casey Brose, lead keeper at the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary, holds out the skin shedding of a timber rattlesnake on Aug. 29, 2022. (Photo by Samantha Chow/Cronkite News) Casey Brose, lead keeper at the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary, examines the skin shedding of a timber rattlesnake on Aug. 29, 2022. (Photo by Samantha Chow/Cronkite News) An Arizona black rattlesnake peers through the glass of its terrarium at the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary on Aug. 29, 2022. (Photo by Samantha Chow/Cronkite News) Cale Morris, venom manager at the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary, holds a Sonoran desert toad on Aug. 29, 2022. (Photo by Samantha Chow/Cronkite News) A western diamondback rattlesnake “tastes” the air at the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary on Aug. 29, 2022. (Photo by Samantha Chow/Cronkite News)