spiny lizard
sceloporus latin

It is sometimes referred to as the graphic spiny lizard.

It is a small, spiny lizard found in South Africa.

It is a member of the genus Sceloporus (the spiny lizards).

Desert spiny lizards eat small insects and sometimes, but not so often, small plants.

Spiny lizard forms tumbled and writhed in their death agonies.

Sceloporus a genus in the family Phrynosomatidae known as spiny lizards.

The male Texas spiny lizard also has a peculiar habit when challenged by another male for its territory.

The desert spiny lizard also uses camouflage so it is not so easily seen by predators.

I didn't envy the assistant: you could lose a finger on a spiny lizard; but the Countess was being very patient and reassuring.

This species infects spiny lizards of the genus Sceloporus.

The Texas spiny lizard is diurnal and arboreal.

Spinosaurus (which means 'spiny lizard') was a huge meat eating dinosaur from the Cretaceous, 112 to 97 million years ago.

A Fence lizard can be either of two species of spiny lizard:

Note that there are many other species in the Spiny Lizard genus, Sceloporus.

The granite spiny lizard is a colorful species that can be observed perched atop boulders from considerable distance.

The blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.

Like many desert reptiles, the desert spiny lizard spends most of the day inactive in burrows.

"Granite spiny lizard!

Crevice spiny lizards are typically shy and nervous, fleeing up a rock face or into a crevice if approached.

Larger lizard species, such as collared, leopard, and spiny lizards, and roadrunners are the main predators.

Moloch horridus, an unrelated Australian lizard that is sometimes also referred to as "spiny lizard"

Spinosaurus "Spiny Lizard"

The crevice spiny lizard is typically grey in color, but sometimes can have a ruddy red-brown appearance with a black and white collar around the neck region.

The genus Sator contains two species of spiny lizards endemic to Baja California, Mexico.

Collared Peccaries, the Texas spiny lizard, and the Texas Indigo Snake can be found further south.

They are one of the several species of Sceloporus that are ovoviviparous.

It is a member of the genus Sceloporus (the spiny lizards).

A new lizard in the genus Sceloporus from Texas.

S. variabilis is one of the smaller species of the genus Sceloporus.

This species infects spiny lizards of the genus Sceloporus.

Listed below are species of Sceloporus:

Some species of lizards also use bright colors, such as the iridescent patches on the belly of Sceloporus.

It is similar to the western fence lizard, another Sceloporus species found in the western US.

Note that there are many other species in the Spiny Lizard genus, Sceloporus.

A new Sceloporus magister from eastern Utah.

Geographic variation in Sceloporus magister.

It belongs to the genus Sceloporus (spiny lizards) in the Phrynosomatidae family of reptiles.

Like other species in the genus Sceloporus, their scales tend to be fairly stiff and heavily keeled, giving them a spiny texture.

Allometric engineering has been used to test David Lack's hypothesis in the lizard Sceloporus occidentalis.

A New Subspecies of the Lizard Genus Sceloporus from Texas.

The genus Sator was synonymized with the genus Sceloporus by Bell et al. in 2003.

They can be distinguished from members of the genus Sceloporus by the presence of a gular (under neck) fold and granular lateral scales.

Sceloporus grammicus is ovoviviparous, meaning the female holds the eggs in her body until the babies hatch, giving the illusion of giving birth to live young.

Sceloporus occidentalis taylori is a subspecies of the western fence lizard, commonly called the Sierra fence lizard.

Cossel, John Jr. "Sceloporus graciosus".

Infrequently, stomach contents of brush mice contained pieces of mammals, birds, and fence lizards ("Sceloporus" spp.)

The scale of genetic differentiation in the Dunes Sagebrush-Lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus), an endemic habitat specialist.

The Santa Cruz Island Sator (Sceloporus angustus) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.

The following cladogram is based on Leaché and Reeder, 2002, and shows the relationship of a handful of species of the genus Sceloporus:

Though not normally found for sale outside of its native range, like most other Sceloporus species, the Texas spiny lizard makes an ideal choice for a small pet lizard.