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File:Prairie Lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) Hardin Co. Texas. photo W. L. Farr.jpg, Prairie lizard (''Sceloporus consobrinus'') Hardin Co. Texas
File:Cozumel Spiny Lizard - Flickr - treegrow (1).jpg, Cozumel spiny lizard (''Sceloporus cozumelae''), Celestún Biosphere Reserve, Yucatán, México. (12 February 2015)
File:Sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus) Ferguzon Canyon, Utah (6288331524).jpg, Sagebrush spiny lizard (''Sceloporus graciosus''), Salt Lake County, Utah, USA (3 July 2009)
File:Hare sagebrush-lizard.jpg, Sagebrush lizard (''Sceloporus graciosus'')
File:Desert Spiny Lizard. Grand Canyon, Arizona (25778637054).jpg, Desert spiny lizard (''Sceloporus magister''), Coconino County, Arizona, USA (6 October 2015)
File:Grand Canyon Nat. Park Desert Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister) 3411.jpg, Desert spiny lizard (''Sceloporus magister''), Coconino County, Arizona, USA (17 April 2011)
File:Sceloporus variabilis marmoratus, Northern Rose-bellied Lizard, Texas.jpg, Northern rose-bellied Lizard (''Sceloporus marmoratus''), photographed in situ, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA (14 April 2016).
File:Big Bend Canyon Lizard - Flickr - GregTheBusker (3).jpg, Big Bend canyon lizard (''Sceloporus merriami annulatus'') Brewster County, Texas, USA (10 April 2014)
File:Sceloporus minor, Minor Spiny Lizard, Tamaulipas.jpg, Minor spiny lizard (''Sceloporus minor'') a male photographed in situ, municipality of Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico (4 October 2008).
File:Lagarto (Sceloporus mucronatus), Zona arqueológica de Cantona, Puebla, México, 2013-10-11, DD 01.JPG, Cleft spiny lizard (''Sceloporus mucronatus''), archeological zone of Cantona, Puebla, Mexico (11 October 2013)
File:Western Fence Lizard (9098617590).jpg, Western fence lizard (''Sceloporus occidentalis''), no data
File:Texas spiny lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) basking on a fencepost, Highway 102, Colorado County, Texas, USA (26 March 2017).jpg, Texas spiny lizard (''Sceloporus olivaceus'') basking on a fencepost, Highway 102, Colorado County, Texas, USA (26 March 2017)
File:Crevice spiny lizard (Sceloporus poinsettii), Mason County, Texas, USA (9 May 2014).jpg, Crevice spiny lizard (''Sceloporus poinsettii)'', Mason County, Texas, USA (9 May 2014)
File:Sceloporus smithi.jpeg, Spiny lizard (''Sceloporus smithi)'', Municipality of San Lorenzo Albarradas, Oaxaca, Mexico (20 December 2011)
File:Sceloporus torquatus mikeprestoni, Torquate Lizard, Tamaulipas.jpg, Torquate lizard (''Sceloporus mikeprestoni)'' photographed in situ, municipality of Miquihuana, Tamaulipas, Mexico (5 October 2008).
File:Sceloporus tristichus (29241274333).jpg, Plateau fence lizard (''Sceloporus tristichus''), Emory County, Utah, USA, (17 September 2016)
File:Lizard on sandstone (Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, USA) 1 (48872735101).jpg, Plateau fence lizard (''Sceloporus tristichus''), Uintah County, Utah, USA (9 June 2012)
File:Sceloporus variabilis variabilis, Rose-bellied Lizard, Tamaulipas.jpg, Rose-bellied Lizard (''Sceloporus variabilis''), photographed in situ, municipality of Ocampo, Tamaulipas, Mexico (14 October 2005).
File:Florida Scrub Lizard (Sceloporus woodi) (6558409167).jpg, Florida scrub lizard (''Sceloporus woodi)'', Palm Beach County, Florida, USA (16 December 2011)
File:Green Spiny Lizard (49703879952).jpg, Green spiny lizard (''Sceloporus malachiticus'') female (left) male (right), Central Highlands, Costa Rica (31 January 2020)
File:Green Spiny Lizard (49703563491).jpg, Green spiny lizard (''Sceloporus malachiticus''), female, Central Highlands, Costa Rica (31 January 2020)
File:Green Spiny Lizard (49703879612).jpg, Green spiny lizard (''Sceloporus malachiticus''), male, Central Highlands, Costa Rica (31 January 2020)
File:Sceloporus spinosus, Eastern spiny lizard, Tamaulipas.jpg, Eastern spiny lizard (''Sceloporus spinosus'') photographed in situ, municipality of Tula, Tamaulipas, Mexico (22 September 2003).
Video of ''Sceloporus jarrovii'' in Arizona
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Spiny lizards is a common name
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for the genus
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''Sceloporus'' in the family
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Phrynosomatidae
The Phrynosomatidae are a diverse family of lizards, sometimes classified as a subfamily (Phrynosomatinae), found from Panama to the extreme south of Canada. Many members of the group are adapted to life in hot, sandy deserts, although the spiny ...
. The genus is endemic
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to North America
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, with various species ranging from New York
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, to Washington
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, and one occurring as far south as northern Panama
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. Köhler G (2008). ''Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition.'' Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton, Verlag Elke Köhler. 400 pp. . The greatest diversity is found in Mexico
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. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States
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. Other common names for lizards in this genus include fence lizards, scaly lizards, bunchgrass lizards, and swifts.
Taxonomy
The 113species
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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'':"''Sceloporus'' ". ITIS. www.itis.gov.
Species
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'': A binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Sceloporus''.
Sceloporus gallery
See also
*''Moloch horridus
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'', an unrelated Australian lizard that is sometimes also referred to as "spiny lizard"
References
External links
Video of ''Sceloporus jarrovii'' in Arizona
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Further reading
* Boulenger GA (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus ''Sceloporus'', p. 216). * Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). ''Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition''. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. . (Genus ''Sceloporus'', pp. 130, 291). * Köhler G, Heimes P (2002). ''Stachelleguane: Lebensweise, Pflege, Zucht'' 'Spiny Lizards: Way of Life, Care, Breeding'' Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton, Verlag Elke Köhler. 174 pp. . (in German). * Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016). ''Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition''. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 Plates, 207 Figures. . (Genus ''Sceloporus'', p. 292). * Smith HM (1939). "The Mexican and Central American Lizards of the Genus ''Sceloporus'' ". ''Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series'' 26: 1–429. *Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). ''Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification''. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. (paperback), (hardcover). (Genus ''Sceloporus'', p. 114-115). * Stebbins RC (2003). ''A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition''. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. xi + 533 pp. 56 plates, 39 figures. . (Genus ''Sceloporus'', p. 283; ''Sceloporus'' species accounts, pp. 283–294). * Wiegmann AF (1828). "''Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde'' ". ''Isis von Oken'' 21 (4): 364–383. (''Sceloporus'', new genus, p. 369). (in German and Latin). {{Authority control Sceloporus Taxa named by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann