Gambelia wislizenii

Taxobox
name = Long-nosed Leopard Lizard

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Iguania
familia = Crotaphytidae
genus = "Gambelia"
species = "G. wislizenii"
binomial = "Gambelia wislizenii"
binomial_authority = Baird & Girard, 1852
synonyms = "Crotaphytus wislizenii"
Baird & Girard, 1852
"Crotaphytus gambelii"
Baird & Girard, 1852
"Crotaphytus fasciatus"
Mocquard, 1899
"Crotaphytus fasciolatus"
Mocquard, 1903The Long-nosed Leopard Lizard ("Gambelia wislizenii") is a large predatory member of the Collared lizard family. They mainly prey upon smaller lizards, insects, and spiders. Long-nosed Leopard Lizards range over most of the western United States and into northern Mexico. They were once considered part of the genus "Crotaphytus". The epithet "wislizenii" is in honor of the German-American surgeon and naturalist Frederick Adolph Wislizenius, who caught the first specimen near Santa Fe, New Mexico.

References

*Connant, R. and J.T. Collins. 1998. "Reptiles and Amphibians: Eastern/Central North America". Peterson Field Guides. Houghton Mifflin.
*Dixon, James R. 2000. "Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas". Texas A&M University Press.

External links

* [http://www.werc.usgs.gov/fieldguide/gawi.htm USGS: Long-nosed Leopard Lizard]