Spiny lizard

Spiny lizard

Taxobox
name = Spiny Lizards


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Western Fence Lizard, "Sceloporus occidentalis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
familia = Phrynosomatidae
genus = "Sceloporus"
genus_authority = Wiegmann, 1828
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = many, see text

The spiny lizards are the genus "Sceloporus" in the family Phrynosomatidae. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States.

Classification of the genus "Sceloporus"

Genus Sceloporus
*"Sceloporus acanthinus"
*"Sceloporus adleri"
*"Sceloporus aeneus"
*"Sceloporus anahuacus"
*"Sceloporus arenicolus"
*"Sceloporus asper"
*"Sceloporus bicanthalis"
*"Sceloporus bulleri"
*"Sceloporus carinatus"
*"Sceloporus cautus"
*"Sceloporus chaneyi"
*"Sceloporus chrysostictus"
*"Sceloporus clarkii"
*"Sceloporus couchii"
*"Sceloporus cozumelae"
*"Sceloporus cryptus"
*"Sceloporus dugesii"
*"Sceloporus edwardtaylori"
*"Sceloporus exsul"
*"Sceloporus formosus"
*"Sceloporus gadovae"
*"Sceloporus goldmani"
*"Sceloporus graciosus"
*"Sceloporus grammicus"
*"Sceloporus heterolepis"
*"Sceloporus horridus"
*"Sceloporus hunsakeri"
*"Sceloporus insignis"
*"Sceloporus jalapae"
*"Sceloporus jarrovii"
*"Sceloporus licki"
*"Sceloporus lineatulus"
*"Sceloporus lundelli"
*"Sceloporus macdougalli"
*"Sceloporus maculosus"
*"Sceloporus magister"
*"Sceloporus malachiticus"
*"Sceloporus megalepidurus"
*"Sceloporus melanorhinus"
*"Sceloporus merriami"
*"Sceloporus monserratensis"
*"Sceloporus mucronatus"
*"Sceloporus nelsoni"
*western fence lizard, "Sceloporus occidentalis"
*"Sceloporus ochoterenae"
*texas spiny lizard, "Sceloporus olivaceus"
*"Sceloporus orcutti"
*"Sceloporus ornatus"
*"Sceloporus palaciosi"
*"Sceloporus parvus"
*"Sceloporus poinsettii"
*"Sceloporus pyrocephalus"
*"Sceloporus rufidorsum"
*"Sceloporus salvini"
*"Sceloporus samcolemani"
*"Sceloporus scalaris"
*"Sceloporus serrifer"
*"Sceloporus siniferus"
*"Sceloporus slevini"
*"Sceloporus smaragdinus"
*"Sceloporus smithi"
*"Sceloporus spinosus"
*"Sceloporus squamosus"
*"Sceloporus stejnegeri"
*"Sceloporus subniger"
*"Sceloporus subpictus"
*"Sceloporus taeniocnemis"
*"Sceloporus tanneri"
*"Sceloporus teapensis"
*"Sceloporus torquatus"
*"Sceloporus undulatus"
*"Sceloporus utiformis"
*"Sceloporus vandenburgianus"
*"Sceloporus variabilis"
*"Sceloporus virgatus"
*"Sceloporus woodi"
*"Sceloporus zosteromus"


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