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Spiny lizard
The spiny lizards are the genus Sceloporus in the family Phrynosomatidae. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States.
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Taxonomy
There are over 90 species in this genus currently organized in to 21 species groups. Their relationships to each other are currently under review.
Classification of the genus Sceloporus
The following cladogram is based on Leache and Reeder 2002 and shows the relationship of a handful of genera of Sceloporus:[1]
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Listed below are species of Sceloporus:
- Sceloporus acanthinus
- Sceloporus adleri
- Sceloporus aeneus
- Sceloporus anahuacus
- Sceloporus angustus
- Sceloporus arenicolus
- Sceloporus asper
- 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 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 monserratensis
- Sceloporus mucronatus
- Sceloporus nelsoni
- 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 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
References
- ^ Leache, A.D., Reeder, T.W. (2002). "Molecular systematics of the eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus): A comparison of parsimony, likelihood, and Bayesian approaches". Syst. Biol. 51 (1): 44–68.
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ ITIS. www.itis.gov.
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