Spiny lizards is acommon name for thegenusSceloporus in thefamilyPhrynosomatidae. The genus isendemic toNorth America, with various species ranging fromNew York, toWashington, and one occurring as far south as northernPanama.[1] The greatest diversity is found inMexico. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in theUnited States. Other common names for lizards in this genus includefence lizards,scaly lizards,bunchgrass lizards, andswifts.[2]
The 114species in the genusSceloporus are organized into 21 species groups. However, their relationships to each other are currently under review.[clarification needed] Listed below are species ofSceloporus:[3][4]
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^Zim HS,Smith HM (1956).Reptiles and Amphibians: A Guide to Familiar American Species: A Golden Nature Guide. Revised Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster. 160 pp. (GenusSceloporus, pp. 56-57, 155).
^abcBeolens, Bo;Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011).The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sceloporus jarrovii, p. 292;S. slevin, p. 245;S. tanneri, p. 260).
Boulenger GA (1885).Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (GenusSceloporus, p. 216).
Goin CJ,Goin OB,Zug GR (1978).Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp.ISBN0-7167-0020-4. (GenusSceloporus, pp. 130, 291).
Köhler G,Heimes P (2002).Stachelleguane: Lebensweise, Pflege, Zucht [Spiny Lizards: Way of Life, Care, Breeding]. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton, Verlag Elke Köhler. 174 pp.ISBN3-9806214-9-9. (in German).
Powell R,Conant R,Collins JT (2016).Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 Plates, 207 Figures.ISBN978-0-544-12997-9. (GenusSceloporus, p. 292).
Smith HM (1939). "The Mexican and Central American Lizards of the GenusSceloporus ".Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series26: 1–429.
Smith HM,Brodie ED Jr (1982).Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp.ISBN0-307-13666-3 (paperback),ISBN0-307-47009-1 (hardcover). (GenusSceloporus, p. 114-115).
Stebbins RC (2003).A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. xi + 533 pp. 56 plates, 39 figures.ISBN978-0-395-98272-3. (GenusSceloporus, p. 283;Sceloporus species accounts, pp. 283–294).
Wiegmann AF (1828). "Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde ".Isis von Oken21 (4): 364–383. (Sceloporus, new genus, p. 369). (in German and Latin).
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