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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Sceloporus uniformis
Spiny lizardsis acommon namefor thegenusSceloporusin thefamilyPhrynosomatidae.The genus isendemictoNorth America,with various species ranging fromNew York,toWashington,and one occurring as far south as northernPanama.[1]The greatest diversity is found inMexico.This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in theUnited States.Other common names for lizards in this genus includefence lizards,scaly lizards,bunchgrass lizards,andswifts.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The 114speciesin the genusSceloporusare organized into 21 species groups. However, their relationships to each other are currently under review.[clarification needed]Listed below are species ofSceloporus:[3][4]
Species
[edit]- Sceloporus acanthinusBocourt,1873
- Sceloporus adleriH.M. Smith&Savitzky,1974
- Sceloporus aeneusWiegmann,1828
- Sceloporus albiventrisH.M. Smith, 1939
- Sceloporus anahuacusLara-Góngora,1983
- Sceloporus angustus(Dickerson,1919)– Santa Cruz Island sator
- Sceloporus arenicolusDegenhardt&K.L. Jones,1972– dunes sagebrush lizard
- Sceloporus asperBoulenger,1897
- Sceloporus aurantiusGrummer&Bryson,2014[5]
- Sceloporus aureolusH.M. Smith, 1942
- Sceloporus beckiVan Denburgh,1905– island fence lizard
- Sceloporus bicanthalisH.M. Smith, 1937
- Sceloporus bimaculosusPhelan&Brattstrom,1955– two-spotted spiny lizard
- Sceloporus binocularisDunn, 1936
- Sceloporus brownorumH.M. Smith et al., 1997
- Sceloporus bulleriBoulenger, 1895
- Sceloporus caeruleusH.M. Smith, 1936
- Sceloporus carinatusH.M. Smith, 1936
- Sceloporus cautusH.M. Smith, 1938
- Sceloporus chaneyiLiner&Dixon,1992
- Sceloporus chrysostictusCope,1866– yellow-spotted spiny lizard, Yucatán spiny lizard
- Sceloporus clarkiiBaird&Girard,1852– Clark's spiny lizard
- Sceloporus consobrinusBaird & Girard, 1854– southern prairie lizard
- Sceloporus couchiiBaird, 1859
- Sceloporus cowlesiLowe&Norris,1956– southwestern fence lizard
- Sceloporus cozumelaeJ.P. Jones,1927
- Sceloporus cryptusH.M. Smith &Lynch,1967
- Sceloporus cupreusBocourt, 1873
- Sceloporus cyanogenysCope, 1885
- Sceloporus cyanostictusR.W. Axtell&C.A. Axtell,1971[6]
- Sceloporus dixoniBryson & Grummer, 2021
- Sceloporus druckercoliniPérez-Ramos&Saldaña-de La Riva,2008
- Sceloporus dugesiiBocourt, 1874
- Sceloporus edbelliH.M. Smith,Chiszar&Lemos-Espinal,2003
- Sceloporus edwardtayloriH.M. Smith, 1936
- Sceloporus esperanzaeMcCranie, 2018
- Sceloporus exsulDixon,Ketchersid&Lieb,1972
- Sceloporus formosusWiegmann, 1834
- Sceloporus gadoviaeBoulenger, 1905
- Sceloporus gadsdeniCastañeda-Gaytán&Díaz-Cárdenas,2017
- Sceloporus goldmaniH.M. Smith, 1937
- Sceloporus graciosusBaird & Girard, 1852– sagebrush lizard
- Sceloporus grammicusWiegmann, 1828– mesquite lizard or graphic spiny lizard
- Sceloporus grandaevus(Dickerson, 1919)
- Sceloporus halliDasmann& H.M. Smith, 1974
- Sceloporus hesperusBryson & Grummer, 2021
- Sceloporus heterolepisBoulenger, 1895
- Sceloporus hondurensisMcCranie, 2018
- Sceloporus horridusWiegmann, 1834
- Sceloporus huicholFlores-Villela, Smith, Campillo-Garcia, Martinez-Mendez, & Campbell, 2022
- Sceloporus hunsakeriHall& H.M. Smith, 1979
- Sceloporus insignisWebb,1967
- Sceloporus internasalisH.M. Smith &Bumzahem,1955
- Sceloporus jalapaeGünther,1890
- Sceloporus jarroviiCope, 1875–Yarrow'sspiny lizard[7]
- Sceloporus lemosespinaliLara-Góngora, 2004
- Sceloporus lickiVan Denburgh, 1895
- Sceloporus lineatulusDickerson, 1919
- Sceloporus lunaeBocourt, 1873
- Sceloporus lundelliH.M. Smith, 1939
- Sceloporus macdougalliH.M. Smith & Bumzahem, 1953
- Sceloporus maculosusH.M. Smith, 1934
- Sceloporus madrensisOlson, 1986
- Sceloporus magisterHallowell,1854– desert spiny lizard,escorpión
- Sceloporus malachiticusCope, 1864
- Sceloporus marmoratusHallowell,1852– northern rosebelly lizard
- Sceloporus megalepidurusH.M. Smith, 1934
- Sceloporus melanogasterCope, 1885
- Sceloporus melanorhinusBocourt, 1876
- Sceloporus merriamiStejneger,1904– canyon lizard
- Sceloporus mikeprestoniH.M. Smith & Alvarez, 1974
- Sceloporus minorCope, 1885[6]
- Sceloporus mucronatusCope, 1885
- Sceloporus nelsoniCochran,1923
- Sceloporus oberonH.M. Smith &B.C. Brown,1941[6]
- Sceloporus occidentalisBaird & Girard, 1852– western fence lizard
- Sceloporus ochoterenaeH.M. Smith, 1934
- Sceloporus olivaceusH.M. Smith, 1934– Texas spiny lizard
- Sceloporus olloporusH.M. Smith, 1937– southern rosebelly lizard
- Sceloporus omiltemanusGünther, 1890
- Sceloporus orcuttiStejneger, 1893– granite spiny lizard
- Sceloporus ornatusBaird, 1859– ornate spiny lizard
- Sceloporus palaciosiLara-Góngora, 1983
- Sceloporus parvusH.M. Smith, 1934
- Sceloporus poinsettiiBaird & Girard, 1852– crevice spiny lizard
- Sceloporus pyrocephalusCope, 1864
- Sceloporus salviniGünther, 1890
- Sceloporus samcolemaniH.M. Smith & Hall, 1974
- Sceloporus scalarisWiegmann, 1828– light-bellied bunchgrass lizard
- Sceloporus schmidtiJones, 1927
- Sceloporus scitulusSmith, 1942– striated emerald lizard
- Sceloporus serriferCope, 1866– blue spiny lizard
- Sceloporus shannonorumLangebartel,1959
- Sceloporus siniferusCope, 1870
- Sceloporus sleviniH.M. Smith, 1937–Slevin'sbunchgrass lizard[7]
- Sceloporus smaragdinusBocourt, 1873
- Sceloporus smithiHartweg&J.A. Oliver,1937
- Sceloporus spinosusWiegmann, 1828
- Sceloporus squamosusBocourt, 1874
- Sceloporus stejnegeriH.M. Smith, 1942
- Sceloporus subnigerPoglayen & Smith,H.M. 1958
- Sceloporus subpictusJ.D. Lynch& H.M. Smith, 1965
- Sceloporus sugillatusH.M. Smith, 1942[6]
- Sceloporus taeniocnemisCope, 1885
- Sceloporus tanneriH.M. Smith &Larsen,1975–Tanner'sspiny lizard[7]
- Sceloporus teapensisGünther, 1890
- Sceloporus torquatusWiegmann, 1828- crevice swift
- Sceloporus tristichusCope, 1875– plateau fence lizard
- Sceloporus undulatus(Bosc&Daudin,1801)– eastern fence lizard
- Sceloporus unicanthalisH.M. Smith, 1937
- Sceloporus uniformisPhelan & Brattstrom, 1955– yellow-backed spiny lizard
- Sceloporus utiformisCope, 1864
- Sceloporus vandenburgianusCope, 1896
- Sceloporus variabilisWiegmann, 1834– rosebelly lizard
- Sceloporus virgatusH.M. Smith, 1938– striped plateau lizard
- Sceloporus woodiStejneger, 1918– Florida scrub lizard
- Sceloporus zosteromusCope, 1863
Nota bene:Abinomial authorityin parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other thanSceloporus.
Sceloporus gallery
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Prairie lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) Hardin Co. Texas -
Cozumel spiny lizard (Sceloporus cozumelae), Celestún Biosphere Reserve, Yucatán, México. (12 February 2015) -
Sagebrush spiny lizard (Sceloporus graciosus), Salt Lake County, Utah, USA (3 July 2009) -
Sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus) -
Desert spiny lizard (Sceloporus magister), Coconino County, Arizona, USA (6 October 2015) -
Desert spiny lizard (Sceloporus magister), Coconino County, Arizona, USA (17 April 2011) -
Northern rose-bellied Lizard (Sceloporus marmoratus), photographed in situ, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA (14 April 2016). -
Big Bend canyon lizard (Sceloporus merriami annulatus) Brewster County, Texas, USA (10 April 2014) -
Minor spiny lizard (Sceloporus minor) a male photographed in situ, municipality of Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico (4 October 2008). -
Cleft spiny lizard (Sceloporus mucronatus), archeological zone of Cantona, Puebla, Mexico (11 October 2013) -
Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis), no data -
Texas spiny lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) basking on a fencepost, Highway 102, Colorado County, Texas, USA (26 March 2017) -
Crevice spiny lizard (Sceloporus poinsettii),Mason County, Texas, USA (9 May 2014) -
Spiny lizard (Sceloporus smithi),Municipality of San Lorenzo Albarradas, Oaxaca, Mexico (20 December 2011) -
Torquate lizard (Sceloporus mikeprestoni)photographed in situ, municipality of Miquihuana, Tamaulipas, Mexico (5 October 2008). -
Plateau fence lizard (Sceloporus tristichus), Emory County, Utah, USA, (17 September 2016) -
Plateau fence lizard (Sceloporus tristichus), Uintah County, Utah, USA (9 June 2012) -
Rose-bellied Lizard (Sceloporus variabilis), photographed in situ, municipality of Ocampo, Tamaulipas, Mexico (14 October 2005). -
Florida scrub lizard (Sceloporus woodi),Palm Beach County, Florida, USA (16 December 2011) -
Green spiny lizard (Sceloporus malachiticus) female (left) male (right), Central Highlands, Costa Rica (31 January 2020) -
Green spiny lizard (Sceloporus malachiticus), female, Central Highlands, Costa Rica (31 January 2020) -
Green spiny lizard (Sceloporus malachiticus), male, Central Highlands, Costa Rica (31 January 2020) -
Eastern spiny lizard (Sceloporus spinosus) photographed in situ, municipality of Tula, Tamaulipas, Mexico (22 September 2003).
See also
[edit]- Moloch horridus,an unrelated Australian lizard that is sometimes also referred to as "spiny lizard"
References
[edit]- ^Köhler G(2008).Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition.Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton, Verlag Elke Köhler. 400 pp.ISBN3-936180-28-8.
- ^Zim HS,Smith HM(1956).Reptiles and Amphibians: A Guide to Familiar American Species: A Golden Nature Guide.Revised Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster. 160 pp. (GenusSceloporus,pp. 56-57, 155).
- ^GenusSceloporusatThe Reptile Database.reptile-database.org.
- ^"Sceloporus".ITIS. 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.PMID24869877.
- ^abcdWiens, 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.PMID11943093.
- ^abcBeolens, Bo;Watkins, Michael;Grayson, Michael (2011).The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles.Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5.(Sceloporus jarrovii,p. 292;S. slevin,p. 245;S. tanneri,p. 260).
Further reading
[edit]- 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. (GenusSceloporus,p. 216).
- Goin CJ,Goin OB,Zug GR(1978).Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition.San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp.ISBN0-7167-0020-4.(GenusSceloporus,pp. 130, 291).
- Köhler G,Heimes P(2002).Stachelleguane: Lebensweise, Pflege, Zucht[Spiny Lizards: Way of Life, Care, Breeding]. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton, Verlag Elke Köhler. 174 pp.ISBN3-9806214-9-9.(in German).
- 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.ISBN978-0-544-12997-9.(GenusSceloporus,p. 292).
- Smith HM(1939). "The Mexican and Central American Lizards of the GenusSceloporus".Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series26:1–429.
- Smith HM,Brodie ED Jr(1982).Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification.New York: Golden Press. 240 pp.ISBN0-307-13666-3(paperback),ISBN0-307-47009-1(hardcover). (GenusSceloporus,p. 114-115).
- Stebbins RC(2003).A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition.The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. xi + 533 pp. 56 plates, 39 figures.ISBN978-0-395-98272-3.(GenusSceloporus,p. 283;Sceloporusspecies accounts, pp. 283–294).
- Wiegmann AF(1828). "Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde".Isis von Oken21(4): 364–383. (Sceloporus,new genus, p. 369). (in German and Latin).
External links
[edit]- Video ofSceloporus jarroviiin Arizona
Data related toSceloporusat Wikispecies
Media related toSceloporusat Wikimedia Commons
