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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: - 0.28 MB

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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