''Sceloporus serrifer'', the rough-scaled lizard or Yucatecan rough-scaled lizard, is a
species of
phrynosomatid lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
.
Geographic range
It ranges from the
United States in southern
Texas, through the eastern states of
Mexico, to
Central America in
Guatemala
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and
Belize.
Subspecies
Three
subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
of ''S. serrifer'' are recognized, including the nominate race, but the subspecies are known to
intergrade in areas where their geographic ranges overlap, so differentiating them can be difficult.
*''S. s. plioporus''
H.M. Smith, 1939 - West Gulf spiny lizard
*''S. s. prezygus''
H.M. Smith, 1942
*''S. s. serrifer''
Cope, 1866 - Yucatán spiny lizard
References
*
Sceloporus
Reptiles described in 1866
Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
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