FOOD HABITS OF THE BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARD (GAMBELIA SILA)

David J. Germano; Paul T. Smith; Stephen P. Tabor

doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2007)52[318:FHOTBL]2.0.CO;2

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David J. Germano,^1,* Paul T. Smith,¹ Stephen P. Tabor²

¹aDepartment of Biology, California State University, Bakersfield, CA 93311 (DJG, PTS)
²bBioEnvironmental Associates, 4209 Lantados Street, Suite A, Bakersfield, CA 93307 (SPT)

^** Correspondent: dgermano@csub.edu

Abstract

We quantified the food habits of the endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia sila), an endemic species of the San Joaquin Valley, California. Based on analyses of stomach contents and prey remains in scats, we determined that this species is an opportunistic predator that eats large numbers of orthopterans, coleopterans, and hymenopterans, with dipterans, hemipterans, and lizards taken in lesser numbers. These data are similar to the qualitative or unpublished data of previous studies, and also are similar to the food habits of the congeneric Gambelia wislizenii.

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David J. Germano, Paul T. Smith, and Stephen P. Tabor "FOOD HABITS OF THE BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARD (GAMBELIA SILA)," The Southwestern Naturalist 52(2), 318-323, (1 June 2007). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909(2007)52[318:FHOTBL]2.0.CO;2

Received: 10 January 2006; Accepted: 1 October 2006; Published: 1 June 2007

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