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Cope's Leopard Lizard vs. Long-nosed Leopard Lizard

Long-nosed Leopard Lizards live on the desert side of the same mountains; their records meet. A: Big PAIRED dark spots split by clear cream crossbars, on a dark grey to brown ground in the Cope's Leopard Lizard; many dark spots scattered on a pale ground, the cream bars faint in the Long-nosed Leopard Lizard. B: Dark grey to brown in the Cope's Leopard Lizard; pale grey to cream in the Long-nosed Leopard Lizard. Where: coastal sage, chaparral and oak woodland (Cope's) vs open desert flats (Long-nosed).

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Cope's Leopard Lizard

Gambelia copeii

Long-nosed Leopard Lizard

Gambelia wislizenii
Cope's Leopard Lizard vs. Long-nosed Leopard Lizard: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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