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“Watching us watching them?" That’s a Western Fence lizard. This user submitted photo, taken in the Santa Monica Mountain area, came from Noriko Tachibana.
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Ichthyology Contact Information
General Inquiries:
Telephone: (213) 763-3374
Fax: (213) 748-4432
Rick Feeney
Collections Manager, Ichthyology
rfeeney@nhm.org
Christine Thacker
Curator, Ichthyology
thacker@nhm.org
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Resources
Museum's Live Animal Program: information on the Museum's live animals
Museum's Live Animal Program Resource page: more useful website links
California Herps website: great website with informaion and images of all native California reptiles and amphibians
San Diego Natural History Museum's reptile and amphibian field guide
Field Herp Forum; An nationwide association of "field herpers" (people interested in field work with reptiles and amphibians) where interested parties share stories, headlines and photos.
Recommended Reading
Books
Lizards of American Southwest - photographic field guide by Lawrence L.C. Jones and Robert E. Lovich
A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians - Peterson field guide by Robert C. Stebbins
Papers
Domestic Cat Predation on Birds and Other Wildlife (115K PDF)
Many Thanks
In addition to Museum staff, sincere thanks for support in the creation of LLOLA goes to:
Dr. Robert Espinoza Ph.D. California State University Northridge
Gary Nafis, Creator of Californiaherps.com
Ian Recchio, Curator of Reptiles at the Los Angeles Zoo
Dan Cooper, Cooper Biological Monitoring