Cope's leopard lizard
Gambelia copeii (Yarrow, 1882)
Status not recordedlizards
The cope's leopard lizard (Gambelia copeii) is a species in the family Crotaphytidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 43.7 g and reach 11.1 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the cope's leopard lizard
- Weight
- 43.7 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 10.4 cm – 11.1 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 60 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3 – 11src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1 – 2src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the cope's leopard lizard?
Where does the cope's leopard lizard live?
Not recorded
Is the cope's leopard lizard endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the cope's leopard lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyCrotaphytidae
- genusGambelia
- SpeciesGambelia copeii (Yarrow, 1882)
Synonyms Crotaphytus copeii, Gambelia wislizeni neseotes, Gambelia wislizenii copeii
Other names and names in other languages (3)
- Long-nosed leopard lizardEnglish
- Cachorón Leopard de Baja CaliforniaSpanish
- Lagartija leopardo narigona de Baja CaliforniaSpanish
Relatives of the cope's leopard lizard
Other species in the same genus Gambelia.
Longnose leopard lizard
Gambelia wislizenii
Bluntnose leopard lizard
Gambelia sila
CompareCope's leopard lizard vs Longnose leopard lizardCope's leopard lizard vs Bluntnose leopard lizard
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the cope's leopard lizard?
An adult cope's leopard lizard weighs 43.7 g and measures 10.4 cm – 11.1 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the cope's leopard lizard?
The cope's leopard lizard (Gambelia copeii) belongs to the family Crotaphytidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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