Sceloporus spinosus

Sceloporus spinosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Phrynosomatidae
Subfamilia: Sceloporinae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species: Sceloporus spinosus
Subspecies (3): S. s. apicalis – S. s. caeruleopunctatus – S. s. spinosus

Name

• Sceloporus spinosus Wiegmann, 1828: 370

Syntypes: ZMB 638–639, collected by F. Deppe.

Type locality: “Mexico”, restricted to “Puebla, Puebla”, by Smith & Taylor (1950).

References

Primary references

• Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1828. Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde (in German). Isis von Oken 21(4): 364–383. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sceloporus spinosus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2018.
• Mendoza-Quijano, F., Santos-Barrera, G., Vázquez Díaz, J. & Quintero Díaz, G.E. 2007. IUCN: Sceloporus spinosus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64148A12749234. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64148A12749234.en

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Spiny Lizard
español: Chintete espinoso