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The spiny lizards are the genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 Sceloporus in the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Phrynosomatidae
Phrynosomatidae

Phrynosomatidae is a diverse family of lizards, found from Panama to the extreme south of Canada. Many members of the group are adapted to life in hot, sandy deserts, although the spiny lizards prefer rocky deserts or even relatively moist forest edges, and the short-horned lizard lives in prairie or sagebrush environments....
. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States
United States

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Classification of the genus Sceloporus

Genus Sceloporus






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The spiny lizards are the genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 Sceloporus in the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Phrynosomatidae
Phrynosomatidae

Phrynosomatidae is a diverse family of lizards, found from Panama to the extreme south of Canada. Many members of the group are adapted to life in hot, sandy deserts, although the spiny lizards prefer rocky deserts or even relatively moist forest edges, and the short-horned lizard lives in prairie or sagebrush environments....
. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
.

Classification of the genus Sceloporus

Genus Sceloporus
  • Sceloporus acanthinus
  • Sceloporus adleri
  • Sceloporus aeneus
  • Sceloporus anahuacus
  • Sceloporus arenicolus
    Sceloporus arenicolus

    The Dunes Sagebrush Lizard, Sceloporus arenicolus, , is an insectivorous spiny lizard species which only occurs in the Shinnery oak Sand Dune systems of extreme South-east New Mexico and only four counties in adjacent Texas....
  • Sceloporus asper
  • Sceloporus bicanthalis
  • Sceloporus bulleri
  • Sceloporus carinatus
  • Sceloporus cautus
  • Sceloporus chaneyi
  • Sceloporus chrysostictus
    Sceloporus chrysostictus

    The Yellow-spotted Spiny Lizard is a Central American lizard that is most commonly found in the Yucat?n Peninsula. It also ranges through Guatemala and Northern Belize....
  • Sceloporus clarkii
  • Sceloporus couchii
  • Sceloporus cozumelae
  • Sceloporus cryptus
  • Sceloporus dugesii
  • Sceloporus edwardtaylori
  • Sceloporus exsul
  • Sceloporus formosus
  • Sceloporus gadovae
  • Sceloporus goldmani
  • Sceloporus graciosus
  • Sceloporus grammicus
    Sceloporus grammicus

    The Mesquite Lizard is a species of lizard native to the southern United States in the state of Texas, and Mexico in the states of Chihuahua , Durango, Zacatecas, Coahuila, San Luis Potos?, Nuevo Le?n, Tamaulipas, Oaxaca and Guerrero....
  • Sceloporus heterolepis
  • Sceloporus horridus
  • Sceloporus hunsakeri
  • Sceloporus insignis
  • Sceloporus jalapae
  • Sceloporus jarrovii
  • Sceloporus licki
  • Sceloporus lineatulus
  • Sceloporus lundelli
  • Sceloporus macdougalli
  • Sceloporus maculosus
  • Sceloporus magister
    Sceloporus magister

    Sceloporus magister, also known as the twin-spotted spiny lizard or the desert spiny lizard. Desert spiny lizards eat insects and rarely, small plants....
  • Sceloporus malachiticus
    Sceloporus malachiticus

    The Emerald Swift or Green Spiny Lizard is a species of small lizard in the Phrynosomatidae family , native to Central America....
  • Sceloporus megalepidurus
  • Sceloporus melanorhinus
  • Sceloporus merriami
    Sceloporus merriami

    The Canyon Lizard is a species of lizard native to the southern United States in the state of Texas, and northern Mexico in the states of Coahuila, Durango and Chihuahua ....
  • Sceloporus monserratensis
  • Sceloporus mucronatus
  • Sceloporus nelsoni
  • Sceloporus occidentalis -- Western Fence Lizard
    Western fence lizard

    The Western Fence Lizard is a common lizard of California and surrounding areas. It is also known as the Blue-belly.It is a member of the genus Sceloporus, and therefore is a spiny lizard....
  • Sceloporus ochoterenae
  • Sceloporus olivaceus -- Texas Spiny Lizard
    Texas spiny lizard

    The Texas Spiny Lizard is a species of phrynosomatidae lizard native to the south central United States, in the states of Texas and Oklahoma, and northeastern Mexico in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo Le?n, Tamaulipas, and San Luis Potos?....
  • Sceloporus orcutti
  • Sceloporus ornatus
  • Sceloporus palaciosi
  • Sceloporus parvus
  • Sceloporus poinsettii
    Sceloporus poinsettii

    The Crevice Spiny Lizard is a small, phrynosomatidae lizard which can be found in the Chihuahuan desert, in United States states of Texas and New Mexico, and in the Mexico states of Chihuahua and Coahuila....
  • Sceloporus pyrocephalus
  • Sceloporus rufidorsum
  • Sceloporus salvini
  • Sceloporus samcolemani
  • Sceloporus scalaris
  • Sceloporus serrifer
    Sceloporus serrifer

    The Blue Spiny Lizard is a species of lizard that ranges from the United States in southern Texas, through the eastern states of Mexico, to Central America in Guatemala and Belize....
  • Sceloporus siniferus
  • Sceloporus slevini
  • Sceloporus smaragdinus
  • Sceloporus smithi
  • Sceloporus spinosus
  • Sceloporus squamosus
  • Sceloporus stejnegeri
  • Sceloporus subniger
  • Sceloporus subpictus
  • Sceloporus taeniocnemis
  • Sceloporus tanneri
  • Sceloporus teapensis
  • Sceloporus torquatus
  • Sceloporus undulatus
  • Sceloporus utiformis
  • Sceloporus vandenburgianus
  • Sceloporus variabilis
    Sceloporus variabilis

    The Rosebelly Lizard is a species of lizard which ranges from the United States in southern Texas, through eastern Mexico and into Central America as far south as Costa Rica....
  • Sceloporus virgatus
  • Sceloporus woodi
  • Sceloporus zosteromus