Long-nosed Leopard Lizard
Gambelia wislizenii

 

DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Gambelia wislizenii occurs throughout the Colorado, Mojave and Great Basin Desert regions of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah, and the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Desert regions of Arizona, New Mexico and west Texas.

LEGAL STATUS: No Listings

MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Gambelia wislizenii (Stejneger 1893)
Genus: Gambelia, honors William Gambel
Species: wislizenii, honors F. A. Wislizenius
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962

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