Mexico Herpetology

Adult Male, 5,700′, Sonora, Mexico

Adult Male, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico

Adult Male, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico

STRIPED PLATEAU LIZARD
Sceloporus virgatus – Smith 1938

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Habitat, 5,700′, Sonora, Mexico

Pine-Forest Habitat, 7,000′, Chihuahua, Mexico

Pine-Forest Habitat, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico

Pine-Forest Habitat, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico

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Adult Male, 1,500′, Colima, Mexico

LARGE-SCALED SPINY LIZARD
Sceloporus utiformis – Cope 1864

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Adult Male, 7,778′, Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Sceloporus cryptus –

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Meadow Habitat, 7,778′, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Adult Male, 7,500′, Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Adult Female, 7,500′, Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico

Juvenile, 7,500′, Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico

TRANS-VOLCANIC BUNCH-GRASS LIZARD
Sceloporus bicanthalis – Smith 1937

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Meadow Habitat, 7,500′, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Adult Male, 4,200′, Sonora, Mexico

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SLEVIN’S BUNCH-GRASS LIZARD
Sceloporus slevini – Smith 1937

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Meadow Habitat, 4,200′, Sonora, Mexico

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EASTERN BLUE SPINY LIZARD
Sceloporus serrifer – Cope 1866
Sceloporus serrifer serrifer – Cope 1866

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Adult Male, 100′, Guerrero, Mexico

LONG-TAILED SPINY LIZARD
Sceloporus siniferus – Cope 1869
Sceloporus siniferus siniferus – Cope 1869

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Pacific Lowland Habitat, 100′, Guerrero, Mexico

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Adult Male, 6,000′, Puebla, Mexico

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Adult Female, 6,000′, Puebla, Mexico

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Sceloporus pictus – Smith 1936

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Arid Mountain Habitat, 6,000′, Puebla, Mexico

Microhabitat, 6,000′, Puebla, Mexico

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Juvenile, 1,400′, Terrell County, Texas

Adult Male, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico

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CREVICE SPINY LIZARD
Sceloporus poinsettii – Baird & Girard 1854
Sceloporus poinsettii poinsettii – Baird & Girard 1854

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Rocky Grassland Habitat, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico

Chihuahua Desert Habitat, 1,400′, Terrell County, Texas

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Adult Male, Hidalgo, Mexico

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EASTERN CREVICE SPINY LIZARD
Sceloporus mucronatus – Cope 1885
Sceloporus mucronatus aureolus – Smith 1942

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Habitat, Hidalgo, Mexico

Rock Quarry Habitat, Hidalgo, Mexico

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RIO CONCHO CANYON LIZARD
Sceloporus merriami – Stejneger 1904
Sceloporus merriami williamsi –

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SIERRA MOJADA CANYON LIZARD
Sceloporus merriami – Stejneger 1904
Sceloporus merriami sanojae –

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