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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Phrynosomatidae
Chihuahuan Desert Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus bimaculosus
Phelan and Brattstrom, 1955
Current SSAR Comments:
See note on
S. magister
. The standard English name has been changed from “Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard” to reflect the geographic distribution of the species.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.10.13.21.22)
Download GeoJSON polygon range file:
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1955
Phelan, Robert L., and Baynard H. Brattstrom. Geographic variation in
Sceloporus magister
. Herpetologica 11(1):1-14
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