Long-nosed leopard lizard

Long-nosed leopard lizard
Taken at Mojave Desert
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Crotaphytidae
Genus: Gambelia
Species:
G. wislizenii
Binomial name
Gambelia wislizenii
Baird & Girard, 1852
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Crotaphytus wislizenii
    Baird & Girard, 1852
  • Crotaphytus gambelii
    Baird & Girard, 1852
  • Crotaphytus fasciatus
    Hallowell, 1852
  • Leiosaurus hallowelli
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1856
  • Crotaphytus (Gambelia) wislizenii
    — Baird, 1859
  • Crotaphytus fasciatus
    Mocquard, 1899 (non Hallowell)
  • Crotaphytus fasciolatus
    Mocquard, 1903
  • Gambelia wislizenii
    — H.M. Smith, 1946

The long-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia wislizenii) is a species of relatively large North American lizard in the family Crotaphytidae. Gambelia wislizenii ranges in snout-to-vent length (SVL) from 8.3 to 14.6 cm (3+1⁄4 to 5+3⁄4 in). It has a large head, a long nose, and a long round tail that can be longer than its body. It is closely related to the blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia sila), which closely resembles the long-nosed leopard lizard in body proportions, but has a conspicuously blunt snout. The species G. wislizenii, once considered part of the genus Crotaphytus, is under moderate pressure because of habitat destruction but is categorized as "least concern".[1]

  1. ^ a b Hammerson, G.A. (2007). "Gambelia wislizenii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64015A12735686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64015A12735686.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II ... Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XIV. (Crotaphytus wislezenii [sic], p. 204).
  3. ^ "Gambelia wislizenii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.