Rio seco en un desierto calido del norte de Sonora que alguna vez tuvo aguas cristalinas y repletas de vida. Increiblemente en el rio Sonoyta sobreviven escondidas dos especies endémicas de peces Cápsula 171 de Conexión Milenio de Milenio Tv por Fernando Seriñá Garza.
The Sonoyta mud turtle, Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale, is endemic to a small area in south- western Arizona and northwestern Sonora. The only U.S. population, at Quitobaquito, declined from several hundred in the 1950s to fewer than 100 in the 1980s (Arizona Game and Fish Department 2005). A decline in 1989-90 was attributed to drought and high temperatures.
The Rio Sonoyta, despite grazing across the watershed, agriculture, groundwater pumping, and the incredible dry nature of the region, still has perennial flow in stretches west of the town of Sonoyta.
