Longnose leopard lizard
Gambelia wislizenii (Baird & Girard, 1852)
Status not recordedlizards
The longnose leopard lizard (Gambelia wislizenii) 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 longnose leopard lizard
- Weight
- 43.7 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 11.1 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 9.8 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 60 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.67 – 14src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 9 months – 2 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 0.5 – 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 longnose leopard lizard?
What does the longnose leopard lizard eat, and what eats it?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).
References for these records
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/359420927
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171309427
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238545018
- Eichenwald, A. J., Fefferman, N. H., & Reed, J. M. (2024). Potential extinction cascades in a desert ecosystem: Linking food web interactions to community viability. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e10930. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10930. Accessed at <https://github.com/aeiche01/MojaveFoodWeb/archive/
- Feeding Ecology of Sidewinder Rattlesnakes, Crotalus cerastes (Viperidae). 2016. Herpetologica 72(4): 324-330
Where does the longnose leopard lizard live?
Not recorded
Is the longnose 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 longnose leopard lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyCrotaphytidae
- genusGambelia
- SpeciesGambelia wislizenii (Baird & Girard, 1852)
Synonyms Crotaphytus fasciatus, Crotaphytus fasciatus, Crotaphytus fasciolatus, Crotaphytus gambelii, Crotaphytus wislizenii, Crotaphytus wislizenii maculosus, Crotaphytus wislizenii punctatus, Gambelia wislizenii maculosa, Gambelia wislizenii punctata
Other names and names in other languages (13)
- Long-nosed leopard lizardEnglish
- gambelie leopardíCzech
- Spidssnudet LeopardleguanDanish
- LeopardleguanGerman
- lagartija mata caballoSpanish
- Lagartija leopardo narigonaSpanish
- Lagartija Mata CaballosSpanish
- Lagartija-leopardo narigonaSpanish
- LeopardileguaaniFinnish
- Lézard léopardFrench
- Длинноносая леопардовая ящерицаRussian
- hantpízalSeri
- leopardji legvanSlovenian
Relatives of the longnose leopard lizard
Other species in the same genus Gambelia.
Bluntnose leopard lizard
Gambelia sila
Cope's leopard lizard
Gambelia copeii
CompareLongnose leopard lizard vs Bluntnose leopard lizardLongnose leopard lizard vs Cope's leopard lizard
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the longnose leopard lizard?
An adult longnose leopard lizard weighs 43.7 g and measures 11.1 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the longnose leopard lizard?
The longnose leopard lizard (Gambelia wislizenii) belongs to the family Crotaphytidae in the order Squamata.
What eats the longnose leopard lizard?
Animals recorded preying on the longnose leopard lizard include sidewinder. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.
Which animals does the longnose leopard lizard eat?
Animals recorded as prey of the longnose leopard lizard include tiger whiptail. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.
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 - Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference. - 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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