Sceloporus chrysostictus
| Yellow-spotted spiny lizard | |
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| Sceloporus chrysostictus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus |
| Species: | S. chrysostictus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sceloporus chrysostictus Cope, 1866 | |
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The yellow-spotted spiny lizard or Yucatán spiny lizard (Sceloporus chrysostictus) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.
Geographic range
It is most commonly found in the Yucatán Peninsula. It also ranges through Guatemala and Northern Belize.
References
- Species Sceloporus chrysostictus at The Reptile Database
- Cope, E.D. 1866. Fourth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18:123-132.
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