Gambelia

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Taxobox
name = Gambelia

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Gambelia wislizenii"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
familia = Crotaphytidae
genus = "Gambelia"

Gambelia is the genus name for the Leopard Lizards in the family Crotaphytidae. One difference between the genera "Gambelia" and "Crotaphytus" is that the former has fracture planes in their tails, allowing the tails to break off when grasped by predators.

Classification of the genus "Gambelia"

Genus Gambelia
*Cope's Leopard Lizard, "Gambelia copeii"
*Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard, "Gambelia silus"
*Long-nosed Leopard Lizard, "Gambelia wislizenii"