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Texas Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus olivaceus Smith, 1934

Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Clark's Swift (Sceloporus clarki: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Clark's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus clarki: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1934 Smith, Hobart M. Descriptions of new lizards of genus Sceloporus from Mexico and southern United States. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 37():263-285

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