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Rose-bellied Lizard

Sceloporus variabilis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 357, February 341, March 587, April 863, May 450, June 219, July 197, August 203, September 356, October 430, November 334, December 324.
Texas5,098
United States4,045
Mexico2,375
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave1,123
Costa Rica431
Provincia Guanacaste342
Guanajuato200
Tamaulipas194
Nuevo Leon189
Chiapas158

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyPhrynosomatid Lizards · Phrynosomatidae
GenusSpiny Lizards · Sceloporus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Rose-bellied Lizard with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.