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Distribution

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Continent: Middle-America
Distribution: Mexico (from S Nayarit to Colima, Guanajuato , Michoacan) dugesii: Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit.
Type locality: Colima. intermedius: Guanajuato, Michoacan, San Luis Potosi.
Type locality: La Noria, near Zamora, hacienda of D. Epifanio JimÃ©nez (Michoacan). pleurolepis:
Type locality: North of RiÌo Santiago, Jalisco, Mexico.

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Spiny lizard

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A yellow-backed spiny lizard,
Sceloporus uniformis

Spiny lizards is a common name for the genus Sceloporus in the family Phrynosomatidae. The genus is endemic to North America, with various species ranging from New York, to Washington, and one occurring as far south as northern Panama.^[1] The greatest diversity is found in Mexico. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States. Other common names for lizards in this genus include fence lizards, scaly lizards, bunchgrass lizards, and swifts.^[2]

Taxonomy

The 114 species in the genus Sceloporus are organized into 21 species groups. However, their relationships to each other are currently under review. Listed below are species of Sceloporus:^[3]^[4]

Species

Sceloporus acanthinus Bocourt, 1873
Sceloporus adleri H.M. Smith & Savitzky, 1974
Sceloporus aeneus Wiegmann, 1828
Sceloporus albiventris H.M. Smith, 1939
Sceloporus anahuacus Lara-Góngora, 1983
Sceloporus angustus (Dickerson, 1919) – Santa Cruz Island sator
Sceloporus arenicolus Degenhardt & K.L. Jones, 1972 – dunes sagebrush lizard
Sceloporus asper Boulenger, 1897
Sceloporus aurantius Grummer & Bryson, 2014^[5]
Sceloporus aureolus H.M. Smith, 1942
Sceloporus becki Van Denburgh, 1905 – island fence lizard
Sceloporus bicanthalis H.M. Smith, 1937
Sceloporus bimaculosus Phelan & Brattstrom, 1955 – two-spotted spiny lizard
Sceloporus binocularis Dunn, 1936
Sceloporus brownorum H.M. Smith et al., 1997
Sceloporus bulleri Boulenger, 1895
Sceloporus caeruleus H.M. Smith, 1936
Sceloporus carinatus H.M. Smith, 1936
Sceloporus cautus H.M. Smith, 1938
Sceloporus chaneyi Liner & Dixon, 1992
Sceloporus chrysostictus Cope, 1866 – yellow-spotted spiny lizard, Yucatán spiny lizard
Sceloporus clarkii Baird & Girard, 1852 – Clark's spiny lizard
Sceloporus consobrinus Baird & Girard, 1854 – southern prairie lizard
Sceloporus couchii Baird, 1859
Sceloporus cowlesi Lowe & Norris, 1956 – southwestern fence lizard
Sceloporus cozumelae J.P. Jones, 1927
Sceloporus cryptus H.M. Smith & Lynch, 1967
Sceloporus cupreus Bocourt, 1873
Sceloporus cyanogenys Cope, 1885
Sceloporus cyanostictus R.W. Axtell & C.A. Axtell, 1971^[6]
Sceloporus dixoni Bryson & Grummer, 2021
Sceloporus druckercolini Pérez-Ramos & Saldaña-de La Riva, 2008
Sceloporus dugesii Bocourt, 1874
Sceloporus edbelli H.M. Smith, Chiszar & Lemos-Espinal, 2003
Sceloporus edwardtaylori H.M. Smith, 1936
Sceloporus esperanzae McCranie, 2018
Sceloporus exsul Dixon, Ketchersid & Lieb, 1972
Sceloporus formosus Wiegmann, 1834
Sceloporus gadoviae Boulenger, 1905
Sceloporus gadsdeni Castañeda-Gaytán & Díaz-Cárdenas, 2017
Sceloporus goldmani H.M. Smith, 1937
Sceloporus graciosus Baird & Girard, 1852 – sagebrush lizard
Sceloporus grammicus Wiegmann, 1828 – mesquite lizard or graphic spiny lizard
Sceloporus grandaevus (Dickerson, 1919)
Sceloporus halli Dasmann & H.M. Smith, 1974
Sceloporus hesperus Bryson & Grummer, 2021
Sceloporus heterolepis Boulenger, 1895
Sceloporus hondurensis McCranie, 2018
Sceloporus horridus Wiegmann, 1834
Sceloporus huichol Flores-Villela, Smith, Campillo-Garcia, Martinez-Mendez, & Campbell, 2022
Sceloporus hunsakeri Hall & H.M. Smith, 1979
Sceloporus insignis Webb, 1967
Sceloporus internasalis H.M. Smith & Bumzahem, 1955
Sceloporus jalapae Günther, 1890
Sceloporus jarrovii Cope, 1875 – Yarrow's spiny lizard^[7]
Sceloporus lemosespinali Lara-Góngora, 2004
Sceloporus licki Van Denburgh, 1895
Sceloporus lineatulus Dickerson, 1919
Sceloporus lunae Bocourt, 1873
Sceloporus lundelli H.M. Smith, 1939
Sceloporus macdougalli H.M. Smith & Bumzahem, 1953
Sceloporus maculosus H.M. Smith, 1934
Sceloporus madrensis Olson, 1986
Sceloporus magister Hallowell, 1854 – desert spiny lizard, escorpión
Sceloporus malachiticus Cope, 1864
Sceloporus marmoratus Hallowell, 1852 – northern rosebelly lizard
Sceloporus megalepidurus H.M. Smith, 1934
Sceloporus melanogaster Cope, 1885
Sceloporus melanorhinus Bocourt, 1876
Sceloporus merriami Stejneger, 1904 – canyon lizard
Sceloporus mikeprestoni H.M. Smith & Alvarez, 1974
Sceloporus minor Cope, 1885^[6]
Sceloporus mucronatus Cope, 1885
Sceloporus nelsoni Cochran, 1923
Sceloporus oberon H.M. Smith & B.C. Brown, 1941^[6]
Sceloporus occidentalis Baird & Girard, 1852 – western fence lizard
Sceloporus ochoterenae H.M. Smith, 1934
Sceloporus olivaceus H.M. Smith, 1934 – Texas spiny lizard
Sceloporus olloporus H.M. Smith, 1937 – southern rosebelly lizard
Sceloporus omiltemanus Günther, 1890
Sceloporus orcutti Stejneger, 1893 – granite spiny lizard
Sceloporus ornatus Baird, 1859 – ornate spiny lizard
Sceloporus palaciosi Lara-Góngora, 1983
Sceloporus parvus H.M. Smith, 1934
Sceloporus poinsettii Baird & Girard, 1852 – crevice spiny lizard
Sceloporus pyrocephalus Cope, 1864
Sceloporus salvini Günther, 1890
Sceloporus samcolemani H.M. Smith & Hall, 1974
Sceloporus scalaris Wiegmann, 1828 – light-bellied bunchgrass lizard
Sceloporus schmidti Jones, 1927
Sceloporus scitulus Smith, 1942 – striated emerald lizard
Sceloporus serrifer Cope, 1866 – blue spiny lizard
Sceloporus shannonorum Langebartel, 1959
Sceloporus siniferus Cope, 1870
Sceloporus slevini H.M. Smith, 1937 – Slevin's bunchgrass lizard^[7]
Sceloporus smaragdinus Bocourt, 1873
Sceloporus smithi Hartweg & J.A. Oliver, 1937
Sceloporus spinosus Wiegmann, 1828
Sceloporus squamosus Bocourt, 1874
Sceloporus stejnegeri H.M. Smith, 1942
Sceloporus subniger Poglayen & Smith,H.M. 1958
Sceloporus subpictus J.D. Lynch & H.M. Smith, 1965
Sceloporus sugillatus H.M. Smith, 1942^[6]
Sceloporus taeniocnemis Cope, 1885
Sceloporus tanneri H.M. Smith & Larsen, 1975 – Tanner's spiny lizard^[7]
Sceloporus teapensis Günther, 1890
Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828 - crevice swift
Sceloporus tristichus Cope, 1875 – plateau fence lizard
Sceloporus undulatus (Bosc & Daudin, 1801) – eastern fence lizard
Sceloporus unicanthalis H.M. Smith, 1937
Sceloporus uniformis Phelan & Brattstrom, 1955 – yellow-backed spiny lizard
Sceloporus utiformis Cope, 1864
Sceloporus vandenburgianus Cope, 1896
Sceloporus variabilis Wiegmann, 1834 – rosebelly lizard
Sceloporus virgatus H.M. Smith, 1938 – striped plateau lizard
Sceloporus woodi Stejneger, 1918 – Florida scrub lizard
Sceloporus zosteromus Cope, 1863

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Sceloporus.

Sceloporus gallery

Prairie lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) Hardin Co. Texas
Cozumel spiny lizard (Sceloporus cozumelae), Celestún Biosphere Reserve, Yucatán, México. (12 February 2015)
Sagebrush spiny lizard (Sceloporus graciosus), Salt Lake County, Utah, USA (3 July 2009)
Sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus)
Desert spiny lizard (Sceloporus magister), Coconino County, Arizona, USA (6 October 2015)
Desert spiny lizard (Sceloporus magister), Coconino County, Arizona, USA (17 April 2011)
Northern rose-bellied Lizard (Sceloporus marmoratus), photographed in situ, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA (14 April 2016).
Big Bend canyon lizard (Sceloporus merriami annulatus) Brewster County, Texas, USA (10 April 2014)
Minor spiny lizard (Sceloporus minor) a male photographed in situ, municipality of Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico (4 October 2008).
Cleft spiny lizard (Sceloporus mucronatus), archeological zone of Cantona, Puebla, Mexico (11 October 2013)
Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis), no data
Texas spiny lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) basking on a fencepost, Highway 102, Colorado County, Texas, USA (26 March 2017)
Crevice spiny lizard (Sceloporus poinsettii), Mason County, Texas, USA (9 May 2014)
Spiny lizard (Sceloporus smithi), Municipality of San Lorenzo Albarradas, Oaxaca, Mexico (20 December 2011)
Torquate lizard (Sceloporus mikeprestoni) photographed in situ, municipality of Miquihuana, Tamaulipas, Mexico (5 October 2008).
Plateau fence lizard (Sceloporus tristichus), Emory County, Utah, USA, (17 September 2016)
Plateau fence lizard (Sceloporus tristichus), Uintah County, Utah, USA (9 June 2012)
Rose-bellied Lizard (Sceloporus variabilis), photographed in situ, municipality of Ocampo, Tamaulipas, Mexico (14 October 2005).
Florida scrub lizard (Sceloporus woodi), Palm Beach County, Florida, USA (16 December 2011)
Green spiny lizard (Sceloporus malachiticus) female (left) male (right), Central Highlands, Costa Rica (31 January 2020)
Green spiny lizard (Sceloporus malachiticus), female, Central Highlands, Costa Rica (31 January 2020)
Green spiny lizard (Sceloporus malachiticus), male, Central Highlands, Costa Rica (31 January 2020)
Eastern spiny lizard (Sceloporus spinosus) photographed in situ, municipality of Tula, Tamaulipas, Mexico (22 September 2003).

References

^ Köhler G (2008). Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton, Verlag Elke Köhler. 400 pp. ISBN 3-936180-28-8.
^ Zim HS, Smith HM (1956). Reptiles and Amphibians: A Guide to Familiar American Species: A Golden Nature Guide. Revised Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster. 160 pp. (Genus Sceloporus, pp. 56-57, 155).
^ Genus Sceloporus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ "Sceloporus ". ITIS. www.itis.gov.
^ Grummer, Jared A.; Bryson, Robert W. Jr (2014). "A new species of bunchgrass lizard (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from the southern sky islands of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3790 (3): 439–450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3790.3.3. PMID 24869877.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wiens, John J.; Penkrot, Tonya A. (2002). "Delimiting Species Using DNA and Morphological Variation and Discordant Species Limits in Spiny Lizards (Sceloporus)". Systematic Biology. 51 (1): 69–91. doi:10.1080/106351502753475880. PMID 11943093.
^ ^a ^b ^c Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sceloporus jarrovii, p. 292; S. slevin, p. 245; S. tanneri, p. 260).

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Spiny lizard: Brief Summary

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A yellow-backed spiny lizard,
Sceloporus uniformis

Spiny lizards is a common name for the genus Sceloporus in the family Phrynosomatidae. The genus is endemic to North America, with various species ranging from New York, to Washington, and one occurring as far south as northern Panama. The greatest diversity is found in Mexico. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States. Other common names for lizards in this genus include fence lizards, scaly lizards, bunchgrass lizards, and swifts.

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Duges' Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus Wiegmann 1828