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    Species Accepted

    Sceloporus nelsoni Cochran, 1923

    Nelson's Spiny Lizard
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Sceloporus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Espinosa Boreal de Nelson [barrancorum] Spanish
      Espinosa de Nelson Spanish
      Lagartija-escamosa de Nelson Spanish
      Lagarto-espinhoso-de-Nelson Portuguese
      Nelson's Spiny Lizard English
      Northern Nelson’s Lizard [barrancorum] English
      Southern Nelson's Lizard English
      lagartija espinosa de panza azul Spanish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      37 results
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      Smith, H. M. (1939). The Mexican and Central American lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. 26: 1-397.
      Goldberg, Stephen R., Charles R. Bursey and Jeanette Arreola. (2014). Sceloporus nelsoni (Nelson’s spiny lizard) cestode endoparasites. Herpetological Review 45 (3): 505-506.
      Woolrich-Piña, Guillermo A, Paulino Ponce-Campos, Jesús Loc-Barragán, Juan Pablo Ramírez-Silva, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson, Elí García-Padilla and Larry David Wilson. (2016). The herpetofauna of Nayarit, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (2): 376-448.
      Tanner, Wilmer W. & Robison, W. Gerald, Jr. (1960). Herpetological notes for Northwestern Jalisco, Mexico. Herpetologica 16: 59-62.
      McDiarmid, R.W., Copp, J.F., & Breedlove, D.E. (1976). Notes on the herpetofauna of western Mexico: new records from Sinaloa and the Tres Marias Islands. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles (275): 1-17.
      Zweifel,R.G. and Norris,K.S. (1955). Contributions to the herpetology of Sonora, Mexico:Descriptions of new subspecies of snakes (Micruroides euryxanthus and Lampropeltis getulus) and miscellaneous collecting notes. American Midland Naturalist 54: 230-249.
      Lemos-Espinal, J. A., & Smith, H. M. (2007). Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 613 Pp.
      Castro-Bastidas, H. A. (2024). Una colección biológica regional para el estudio de los anfibios y reptiles en Sinaloa, México. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 7(2): E 962—169-184.
      Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Gadsden-Esparza H, Valdez-Lares R, & Woolrich-Piña GA. (2018). Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Durango, Mexico, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 748: 65-87.

      Citation

      Sceloporus nelsoni Cochran, 1923 in undefined