![]() However, the underlying reason for such seasonality can be hard to discern because the rainy season is often associated with shifts in temperature as well as water and food availability. In desert species, seasonal peaks in animal activity often correspond with times of higher rainfall. Water supplementation affects the behavioral and physiological ecology of Gila monsters ( Heloderma suspectum) in the Sonoran Desert. ![]() In this paper we report the 28th credible record of a Gila Monster in California. In May 2009 another sighting in California was documented by Ruppert (2010a, b) who photographed a specimen in the Providence Mountains, an area known for previous Gila Monster sightings (Lovich and Beaman 2007). In their review of Gila Monster records for California, Lovich and Beaman (2007) documented only 26 credible sightings during a period of 153 years. A previously unreported locality record for the Gila monster ( Heloderma suspectum)Īlthough the Gila Monster ( Heloderma suspectum) is widely distributed throughout the Sonoran and portions of the Mojave Deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, details of its distribution in California are imperfectly known, due to the apparent rarity of the species in that state.
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