Sceloporus serrifer

blue spiny lizard
blue spiny lizard, Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys, female
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species: S. serrifer
Binomial name
Sceloporus serrifer
Cope, 1866

The blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.

Geographic range

It ranges from the United States in southern Texas, through the eastern states of Mexico, to Central America in Guatemala and Belize.

Subspecies

There are four recognized subspecies of S. serrifer, including the nominate race, but the subspecies are known to intergrade in areas where their geographic ranges overlap, so differentiating them can be difficult.

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