#1734 · 🦎 reptiles
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard
🇳🇱 Luipaardleguaan ·Gambelia wislizenii
📍 Collins Canal, Big Pine, CA 93513, USA
📍 Washoe County, NV, USA
📍 Riverside County, CA, USA
📍 Lake County, US-OR, US
📍 Lake County, US-OR, US
📍 Maricopa County, US-AZ, US
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Shawn Billerman · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Rob Klotz · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © mwbirdco · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Kid Herper · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Collins Canal, Big Pine, CA 93513, USA:© Phoebe Cantelow Wilson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Washoe County, NV, USA:© herper47 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Riverside County, CA, USA:© larry-heronema · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Lake County, US-OR, US:© Kid Herper · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Lake County, US-OR, US:© Pete Zani (born @ 325 ppm) · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Maricopa County, US-AZ, US:© khajek · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The long-nosed leopard lizard ( Gambelia wislizenii ) is a species of relatively large North American lizard in the family Crotaphytidae. 6 cm (3 1⁄4 to 5 3⁄4 in). It has a large head, a long nose, and a long round tail that can be longer than its body.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 6,818 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1852 (174 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Long-nosed Leopard Lizard
- Nederlands
- Luipaardleguaan
- scientific name
- Gambelia wislizenii
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Crotaphytidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 6,818
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1852 by Spencer Fullerton Baird
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Crotaphytidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 62797, Wikidata Q2703595, GBIF 5227123, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.