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Spiny Lizards
Sceloporus
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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 111 known species
Western Fence Lizard
speciesSceloporus occidentalis
Sceloporus undulatus
complexSceloporus undulatus
Texas Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus olivaceus
Desert Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus magister
Common Sagebrush Lizard
speciesSceloporus graciosus
Rose-bellied Lizard
speciesSceloporus variabilis
Graphic Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus grammicus
Crevice Swift
speciesSceloporus torquatus
Yarrow's Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus jarrovii
Clark's Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus clarkii
Granite Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus orcutti
Eastern Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus spinosus
Crevice Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus poinsettii
Southern Sagebrush Lizard
speciesSceloporus vandenburgianus
Emerald Swift
speciesSceloporus malachiticus
Blue Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus cyanogenys
Longtail Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus siniferus
Yellow-spotted Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus chrysostictus
Horrible Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus horridus
Central Cleft Lizard
speciesSceloporus mucronatus
Striped Plateau Lizard
speciesSceloporus virgatus
Canyon Lizard
speciesSceloporus merriami
Nelson's Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus nelsoni
Minor Lizard
speciesSceloporus minor
Black-nosed Lizard
speciesSceloporus melanorhinus
Cope's Largescale Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus utiformis
Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus bimaculosus
Baja California Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus zosteromus
Anahuacan Bunchgrass Lizard
speciesSceloporus anahuacus
Guatemalan Emerald Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus taeniocnemis
Mexican Emerald Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus formosus
White-bellied Rough Lizard
speciesSceloporus albiventris
Cozumel Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus cozumelae
Yucatecan Blue Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus serrifer
Duges' Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus dugesii
Southern Crevice Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus aureolus
Island Fence Lizard
speciesSceloporus becki
Black-bellied Bunchgrass Lizard
speciesSceloporus aeneus
Bunch Grass Lizard
speciesSceloporus scalaris
Teapen Rosebelly Lizard
speciesSceloporus teapensis
Palacios' Bunchgrass Lizard
speciesSceloporus palaciosi
Lundell's Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus lundelli
Honduran Emerald Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus hondurensis
Hunsaker's Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus hunsakeri
Trans Volcanic Bunchgrass Lizard
speciesSceloporus bicanthalis
Boulder Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus pyrocephalus
Noble Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus oberon
Plateau Bunchgrass Lizard
speciesSceloporus subniger
Pygmy Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus parvus
Bocourt’s Emerald Lizard
speciesSceloporus smaragdinus
Buller's Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus bulleri
Slevin’s Bunch Grass Lizard
speciesSceloporus slevini
Couch's Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus couchii
Gadow's Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus gadoviae
Dwarf Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus squamosus
Smith's Rosebelly Lizard
speciesSceloporus smithi
Dull Cursorial Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus megalepidurus
Cape Arboreal Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus licki
Ornate Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus ornatus
Asperous Spiny Lizard
speciesSceloporus asper
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 36141.