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Lost Lizards of Los Angeles
We are interested in finding out where lizards live in the Los Angeles region. To do this, we need your help! All you need to do is follow some very easy steps to find, take pictures of, and then submit your information about lizards. By participating in LLOLA you'll be providing our scientists with valuable data to help us answer the question: Why don't lizards live in Exposition Park?
Want to help? Go to our How to participate page for easy-to-follow instructions.
LLOLA Participants Discover New Gecko Population in L.A.
LLOLA is bringing to light the spread of an introduced lizard species, the Mediterranean House Gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus. LLOLA participants, the Bernstein family, discovered a new population of this gecko while out and about in their Chatsworth neighborhood. This is the first recorded case of these lizards in L.A. County. Check out the submission.
For more information on this non-native lizard species, go to the California Herps website.
Lizard Scouting in Malibu Creek!
Learn about the lost lizards of Los Angeles County on this day trip to Malibu Creek State Park! Our Curator of Herpetology, Dr. Greg Pauly, and Cal State Northridge Professor Robert Espinoza, and will lead a family-friendly trek in search of our scaly neighbors.
Saturday, April 13, 9:30 am-12 pm
$10 members
$15 nonmembers
Please call (213)763-ED4U or e-mail educate@nhm.org for registration information.