Spiny lizard

Spiny lizard

Western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Phrynosomatidae
Genus:	Sceloporus Wiegmann, 1828
Synonyms
Sator Dickerson, 1919

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

Species

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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.

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).

Moloch horridus, an unrelated Australian lizard that is sometimes also referred to as "spiny lizard"

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