# Gambelia (lizard) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gambelia_(lizard) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gambelia_(lizard).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambelia_(lizard) > Source revision: 1333989913 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Genus of lizards For the genus of plants, see [Gambelia (plant)](/source/Gambelia_(plant)). This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Gambelia" lizard – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Gambelia Gambelia wislizenii, long-nosed leopard lizard Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Iguania Family: Crotaphytidae Genus: Gambelia Baird, 1859[1] ***Gambelia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [lizards](/source/Lizards), commonly known as **leopard lizards**, within the family [Crotaphytidae](/source/Crotaphytidae). Leopard lizards are indigenous to arid environments of southwestern [North America](/source/North_America). Specifically, in San Joaquin Valley and southeastern Carrizo Plain in California, is where the endangered species inhabits as it lives in isolated populations.[2] Furthermore, the *Gambelia Sila* or leopard lizard is active during the spring to early summer for 2.5 months after they estivate and goes back into hibernation soon after.[2] ## Description [Species](/source/Species) in the genus *Gambelia* superficially resemble those of the genus *[Crotaphytus](/source/Crotaphytus)*. However, one difference between the [genera](/source/Genus) *Gambelia* and *Crotaphytus* is that leopard lizards have fracture planes in their tails, allowing the tails to break off when grasped by predators.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Etymology The [generic name](/source/Genus), *Gambelia*, is in honor of [American](/source/Americans) [naturalist](/source/Natural_history) [William Gambel](/source/William_Gambel).[3] ## Species Three species are recognized as being valid.[4] Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution Gambelia copeii (Yarrow, 1882) Cope's leopard lizard Baja California peninsula and adjacent southern California. Gambelia sila (Stejneger, 1890) blunt-nosed leopard lizard southern California. Gambelia wislizenii (Baird & Girard, 1852) long-nosed leopard lizard United States from Oregon to Idaho in the north and from California to Texas in the south, south to northern Mexico in Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Zacatecas. *[Nota bene](/source/Nota_bene)*: A [binomial authority](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than *Gambelia*. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "*Gambelia* ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Ivey_2020_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Ivey_2020_2-1) Ivey, Kathleen; et al. (2020). ["Thermal ecology of the federally endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizard (*Gambelia sila*)"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7047230). *Conservation Physiology*. **8** (1) coaa014: 11. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/conphys/coaa014](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fconphys%2Fcoaa014). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [7047230](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7047230). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [33649711](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33649711). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Beolens, Bo](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bo_Beolens); [Watkins, Michael](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Michael_Watkins); Grayson, Michael (2011). *The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles*. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4214-0135-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5). (Genus *Gambelia*, p. 97). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Genus *[Gambelia](https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Gambelia&exact=genus&submit=Search)* at [The Reptile Database](http://www.reptile-database.org/) www.reptile-database.org. ## Further reading Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Gambelia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gambelia). - [Baird SF](/source/Spencer_Fullerton_Baird) (1859). *United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Under the Order of Lieu. Col. W.H. Emory, Major First Cavalry, and United States Commissioner*. [Volume 2, Part 2]. *Reptiles of the Boundary, with Notes by the Naturalists of the Survey*. Washington, District of Columbia: Department of the Interior. 35 pp. + Plates I-XLI. (*Gambelia*, new genus, p. 7). - [Smith HM](/source/Hobart_Muir_Smith), [Brodie ED Jr](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Darrell_Brodie_Jr.) (1982). *Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification*. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-307-13666-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-307-13666-3). (Genus *Gambelia*, p. 108). Taxon identifiers Gambelia Wikidata: Q607912 Wikispecies: Gambelia (Crotaphytidae) ADW: Gambelia BOLD: 174650 CoL: 4LZY EoL: 15716 GBIF: 2470635 iNaturalist: 33149 IRMNG: 1285130 ITIS: 173922 NCBI: 43592 Open Tree of Life: 244469 Paleobiology Database: 113767 This lizard article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Lizard-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3ALizard-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Lizard-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gambelia (lizard)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambelia_(lizard)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambelia_(lizard)?action=history)). 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