Report Gila monster sightings in Saguaro National Park and surrounding areas. Contribute to ongoing research.
Gila monsters are an iconic component of the fantastic biodiversity of the southwest US and Mexico. For many years, researchers at Saguaro National Park and the University of Arizona have been studying this venomous and secretive lizard in its natural, protected habitat at ...more ↓
Report Gila monster sightings in Saguaro National Park and surrounding areas. Contribute to ongoing research.
Gila monsters are an iconic component of the fantastic biodiversity of the southwest US and Mexico. For many years, researchers at Saguaro National Park and the University of Arizona have been studying this venomous and secretive lizard in its natural, protected habitat at Saguaro National Park where it lives among rocky outcrops, intermittent tinajas, and namesake saguaro cacti. As adults, the pattern on a Gila monster is unique to each individual, like our fingerprints, making photo identification and citizen science a viable research tool.
Thank you for helping us understand more about this important part of the ecosystem, thereby ensuring the best science is available to inform our management, conservation, and development options. For more information about our research, contact Dr. Kevin Bonine at the University of Arizona. Tel: 520.621.0232.
Support is provided by Saguaro National Park, Friends of Saguaro National Park, UA School of Natural Resources & the Environment, UA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UA College of Science, Biosphere 2, Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, and interested citizens and visitors.
Photo credit: Tom Uhlman (of Gila monster and Brian Park)
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