Multimedia - New finds at Petrified Forest National Park: Long-nosed leopard lizard

The long-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia wislizenii) is a large lizard, with an adult body length about  5 ½ inches long and a tail that can be twice as long as the body. It inhabits desert scrub and semi-arid grasslands and, in Arizona, is found throughout the southern and western portions of the state, as well as in the northeastern plateau region. In 2012 researchers discovered it at Petrified Forest National Park, the lizard’s first documented occurrence in the park.