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The Prairie Lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) is a common, sun-loving spiny lizard ubiquitous across the rocky bluffs, rail fences, and grasslands of the American Great Plains. Famous for its heavily keeled, bristly scales and the brilliant, iridescent turquoise-blue...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Crevice Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus poinsettii) is a large, heavily armored rock-dwelling reptile native to the sun-baked limestone canyons and desert mountain ranges of the Chihuahuan Desert. Named in honor of Joel Roberts Poinsett (the American statesman and...
Reptiles > Lizards
Clark’s Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus clarkii) is a large, rugged, heavily armored arboreal lizard native to the oak-dotted canyons, riparian gallery forests, and desert ranges of the American Southwest and Mexico. Named in honor of American naturalist John H. Clark,...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Blue Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) is one of the most stunning, brilliantly colored reptiles in North America. Inhabiting the sun-scorched limestone canyons and thorn scrub of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico, adult males of this large, armored lizard...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus bimaculosus) is a large, heavily armored reptile native to the sun-baked canyon cliffs and rocky slopes of the Chihuahuan Desert. Easily distinguished by its sharp, overlapping keeled scales and two prominent dark blotches or...
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