Cope’s Leopard Lizard
Gambelia copeii
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- G. copei – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Gary Nafis
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- G. copei – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Gary Nafis
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- G. copei – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Jeff Lemm (naherp.com)
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- G. copei – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Will Flaxington (naherp.com)
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Gambelia copeii occurs in California only in one small area of southern San Diego County adjacent to the Mexican border.
LEGAL STATUS: Gambelia copeii is protected as a California Species of Special Concern.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Gambelia copeii (Fitch – 1934)
Genus: Gambelia, Honors William Gambel
Species: copeii, honors Edward Drinker Cope
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962