Spiny lizard
| Spiny lizard | |
|---|---|
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| Western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus Wiegmann, 1828 |
A spiny lizard at the Houston Zoo.
A Southwestern Fence Lizard in Sahuarita, Arizona.
Spiny lizards is the common name for the genus Sceloporus in the family Phrynosomatidae. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States.
Taxonomy
Over 90 species in this genus currently are organized in to 21 species groups. Their relationships to each other are currently under review. Listed below are species of Sceloporus:[1][2]
Classification
- Sceloporus acanthinus
- Sceloporus adleri
- Sceloporus aeneus
- Sceloporus anahuacus
- Sceloporus angustus
- Sceloporus arenicolus
- Sceloporus asper
- Sceloporus aurantius[3]
- Sceloporus aureolus
- Sceloporus becki
- Sceloporus bicanthalis
- Sceloporus bulleri
- Sceloporus caeruleus
- Sceloporus carinatus
- Sceloporus cautus
- Sceloporus chaneyi
- Sceloporus chrysostictus
- Sceloporus clarkii
- Sceloporus couchii
- Sceloporus consobrinus — central fence lizard or prairie lizard
- Sceloporus couchii
- Sceloporus cowlesi — southwestern fence lizard
- Sceloporus cozumelae
- Sceloporus cryptus
- Sceloporus cupreus
- Sceloporus cyanostictus [4]
- Sceloporus cyanogenys
- Sceloporus druckercolini
- Sceloporus dugesii
- Sceloporus edwardtaylori
- Sceloporus exsul
- Sceloporus formosus
- Sceloporus gadovae
- Sceloporus goldmani
- Sceloporus graciosus
- Sceloporus grammicus
- Sceloporus grandaevus
- Sceloporus heterolepis
- Sceloporus horridus
- Sceloporus hunsakeri
- Sceloporus insignis
- Sceloporus jalapae
- Sceloporus jarrovii
- Sceloporus lemosespinali
- Sceloporus licki
- Sceloporus lineatulus
- Sceloporus lunae
- Sceloporus lundelli
- Sceloporus macdougalli
- Sceloporus maculosus
- Sceloporus magister
- Sceloporus malachiticus
- Sceloporus megalepidurus
- Sceloporus melanorhinus
- Sceloporus merriami
- Sceloporus minor[4]
- Sceloporus monserratensis
- Sceloporus mucronatus
- Sceloporus nelsoni
- Sceloporus oberon[4]
- Sceloporus occidentalis — western fence lizard
- Sceloporus ochoterenae
- Sceloporus olivaceus — Texas spiny lizard
- Sceloporus omiltemanus
- 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 sugillatus[4]
- Sceloporus taeniocnemis
- Sceloporus tanneri
- Sceloporus teapensis
- Sceloporus torquatus
- Sceloporus tristichus — plateau fence lizard
- Sceloporus undulatus — eastern fence lizard
- Sceloporus utiformis
- Sceloporus vandenburgianus
- Sceloporus variabilis
- Sceloporus virgatus
- Sceloporus woodi
- Sceloporus zosteromus
See also
- Moloch horridus, an unrelated Australian lizard that is sometimes also referred to as "spiny lizard"
References
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ ITIS. www.itis.gov.
- ↑ JARED A. GRUMMER & ROBERT W. BRYSON, JR. A new species of bunchgrass lizard (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from the southern sky islands of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03790p450f.pdf
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Wiens, John J. & Penkrot, Tonya A. (2002) "Delimiting Species Using DNA and Morphological Variation and Discordant Species Limits in Spiny Lizards (Sceloporus)." Syst. Biol. 51 (1): 69–91. doi:10.1080/106351502753475880
External links
- Video of Sceloporus jarrovii in Arizona
Data related to Sceloporus at Wikispecies
Media related to Sceloporus at Wikimedia Commons