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Bluntnose (Blunt-nosed) Leopard Lizard

Gambelia sila (Stejneger, 1890)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Gambelia sila (Stejneger, 1890)
Name authority: (Stejneger, 1890)
Common name: Bluntnose (Blunt-nosed) Leopard Lizard
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Crotaphytidae
Genus: Gambelia
Extinction status: Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
subphylumVertebrata
infraphylumGnathostomata
parvphylumOsteichthyes
megaclassTetrapoda
classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
suborderIguania
familyCrotaphytidae
genusGambelia
speciesGambelia sila (Stejneger, 1890)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Gambelia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Species	Classification	Source status
Longnose Leopard LizardGambelia wislizenii (Baird & Girard, 1852)	CrotaphytidaeChordata	Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cope's Leopard LizardGambelia copeii (Yarrow, 1882)	CrotaphytidaeChordata	Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 8 records assigned to Crotaphytidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded name	Source status
Crotaphytus silus Stejneger, 1890 Stejneger, 1890	synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

USA (C California: San Joaquin Valley and the surrounding foothills, the Carrizo Plains south over the Temblor and Caliente Ranges into the Middle Cuyama Valley).

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Gambelia&species=sila Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3F7PW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.