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    Species Accepted

    Sceloporus magister Hallowell, 1854

    Barred Spiny Lizard [transversus]
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Sceloporus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Barred Spiny Lizard [transversus] English
      Cachora [bimaculosus] Spanish
      Desert Spiny Lizard English
      Gelber Wüsten-Stachelleguan German
      Gelbrücken-Wüstenstachelleguan [uniformis] German
      Lagartija del Desierto Spanish
      Lagartija-escamosa de desierto Spanish
      Orange-headed Spiny Lizard [cephaloflavus] English
      Purple-backed Spiny Lizard [magister] English
      Roño de Suelo [uniformis] Spanish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      79 results
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      Stebbins, R. C. (1985). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
      Van Denburgh, & John. (1922). The Reptiles of Western North America. Volume I. Lizards. Occ. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci. (10): 1–612.
      Smith, H. M. (1939). The Mexican and Central American lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. 26: 1-397.
      Villegas-Patraca R, Aguilar-López JL, Hernández-Hernández JC, & Muñoz-Jiménez O. (2022). Diversity and conservation of terrestrial vertebrates (birds, mammals, and reptiles) of Sierra Cucapá, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. ZooKeys 1088: 17-39.
      Schmidt, K.P., and D. Owens. (1944). Amphibians and reptiles of northern Coahuila, Mexico. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series. Chicago. 29: 97-115.
      Miller, K. L. (2017). Geographic Distribution: Sceloporus magister (Desert Spiny Lizard). Herpetological Review 48 (3): 589.
      Burt, Charles E. (1933). Some lizards from the Great Basin of the West and adjacent areas, with comments on the status of various forms. American Midland Naturalist 14: 228-250.
      Keehn, J. E.; N. C. Nieto, C. R. Tracy, C. M. Gienger and C. R. Feldman. (2013). Evolution on a desert island: body size divergence between the reptiles of Nevada’s Anaho Island and the mainland around Pyramid Lake. Journal of Zoology, 291: 269–278. Doi: 10.1111/Jzo.12066.
      Bateman, Heather L., Charlene Hopkins and Kent R. Mosher. (2015). Sceloporus uniformis (yellow-backed spiny lizard) tail regeneration. Herpetological Review 46 (1): 95.

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