Spiny lizard
| Spiny lizard | |
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| Western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus Wiegmann, 1828 |
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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
The 102 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:[1][2]
Species
- 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[3]
- Sceloporus aureolus H.M. Smith, 1942
- Sceloporus becki Van Denburgh, 1905
- Sceloporus bicanthalis H.M. Smith, 1937
- Sceloporus bimaculosus Phelan & Brattstrom, 1955
- 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
- Sceloporus consobrinus Baird & Girard, 1854 – central fence lizard or 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[4]
- 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 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 heterolepis Boulenger, 1895
- Sceloporus horridus Wiegmann, 1834
- 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,[5] mountain spiny lizard
- 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 magister Hallowell, 1854 – desert spiny lizard, escorpión
- Sceloporus malachiticus Cope, 1864
- Sceloporus megalepidurus H.M. Smith, 1934
- Sceloporus melanorhinus Bocourt, 1876
- Sceloporus merriami Stejneger, 1904 – canyon lizard
- Sceloporus minor Cope, 1885[4]
- Sceloporus mucronatus Cope, 1885
- Sceloporus nelsoni Cochran, 1923
- Sceloporus oberon H.M. Smith & B.C. Brown, 1941[4]
- Sceloporus occidentalis Baird & Girard, 1852 – western fence lizard
- Sceloporus ochoterenae H.M. Smith, 1934
- Sceloporus olivaceus H.M. Smith, 1934 – Texas spiny lizard
- Sceloporus omiltemanus Günther, 1890
- Sceloporus orcutti Stejneger, 1893 – granite spiny lizard
- Sceloporus ornatus Baird, 1859
- 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 – bunch grass 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[5]
- 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 subpictus J.D. Lynch & H.M. Smith, 1965
- Sceloporus sugillatus H.M. Smith, 1942[4]
- Sceloporus taeniocnemis Cope, 1885
- Sceloporus tanneri H.M. Smith & Larsen, 1975 – Tanner's spiny lizard[5]
- Sceloporus teapensis Günther, 1890
- Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828
- 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 variabilis Wiegmann, 1834 – rosebelly lizard
- Sceloporus virgatus H.M. Smith, 1938
- 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.
See also
- Moloch horridus, an unrelated Australian lizard that is sometimes also referred to as "spiny lizard"
References
- ^ "Sceloporus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Sceloporus ". ITIS. www.itis.gov.
- ^ Grummer, Jared A.; Bryson, Robert W. Jr (2014). "A new species of bunchgrass lizard (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from the southern sky islands of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3790 (3): 439–450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3790.3.3.
- ^ a b c d Wiens, John J.; Penkrot, Tonya A. (2002). "Delimiting Species Using DNA and Morphological Variation and Discordant Species Limits in Spiny Lizards (Sceloporus)". Systematic Biology. 51 (1): 69–91. doi:10.1080/106351502753475880. PMID 11943093.
- ^ a b c Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sceloporus jarrovii, p. 292; S. slevin, p. 245; S. tanneri, p. 260).
External links
- Video of Sceloporus jarrovii in Arizona
Data related to Sceloporus at Wikispecies
Media related to Sceloporus at Wikimedia Commons
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Sceloporus, p. 216).
- Goin, Coleman J.; Goin, Olive B.; Zug, George R. (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Sceloporus, pp. 130, 291).
- Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016). Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 Plates, 207 Figures. ISBN 978-0-544-12997-9. (Genus Sceloporus, p. 292).
- Smith, Hobart M.; Brodie, Edmund D. Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3 (paperback), ISBN 0-307-47009-1 (hardcover). (Genus Sceloporus, p. 114-115).
- Wiegmann AF Jr (1828). "Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde ". Isis von Oken 21 (4): 364-383. (Sceloporus, new genus, p. 369). (in German and Latin).