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The leopard lizard, Gambelia wislizenii , is an diurnal lizard species from the Southern United States. Highly predatory this lizard species feeds on insects and other lizards,including its own species. Ranges from northern Baja California and elsewhere in Mexico through California into southeast Oregon and Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas. In California, ranges throughout the deserts, from the base of the mountains, including the Great Basin desert east of the Sierra Nevada and along the northeast border with Nevada.