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    Species Accepted

    Sceloporus couchii Baird, 1859

    Couch's Spiny Lizard

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      3 results
      Couch's Spiny Lizard English
      Lagartija de las Cercas Spanish
      Lagartija espinosa de Couch Spanish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      24 results
      Smith, H. M. (1937). A synopsis of the Variabilis group of the lizard genus Sceloporus, with descriptions of new subspecies. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich 358: 1-14.
      Smith, H. M. (1939). The Mexican and Central American lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. 26: 1-397.
      Hernandez, T O; Herr, M W; Trevino, A E; Lazcano, D; Black, M & Graham, S P. (2018). Geographic Distribution: Sceloporus couchii (Couch’s Spiny Lizard). Herpetological Review 49 (3): 504.
      Baeza-Tarín, F., Hernández, T., Herr, M., Giovanetto, L., Lazcano, D., & Graham, S. P. (2025). NEW DISTRIBUTION RECORDS OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MADERAS DEL CARMEN, COAHUILA, MEXICO. The Southwestern Naturalist, 68(4), 257-262.
      Baird, S. F. (1859). Description of new genera and species of North American lizards in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 10: 253-256 [1858].
      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.
      Cope, E. D. (1888). Catalogue of Batrachia and Reptilia brought by William Taylor from San Diego, Tex. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 11: 395-398 [1889].
      Larsen, Kenneth R.;Tanner, Wilmer W. (1975). Evolution of the sceloporine lizards (Iguanidae). Great Basin Naturalist 35 (1): 1-20.
      Johnson, J. D., L. D. Wilson, V. Mata-Silva, E. García-Padilla, and D. L. DeSantis. (2017). The endemic herpetofauna of Mexico: organisms of global significance in severe peril. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (3): 544–620.
      Smith, Hobart M. (1939). An annotated list of the Mexican amphibians and reptiles in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 27: 311-320.

      Citation

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