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Crevice Swift

Sceloporus torquatus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 83, February 63, March 114, April 389, May 370, June 347, July 344, August 378, September 377, October 512, November 369, December 161.
Mexico3,507
Mexico583
Michoacan de Ocampo519
Guanajuato405
Jalisco306
Queretaro de Arteaga181
Zacatecas109
Aguascalientes83
Hidalgo60
San Luis Potosi44

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Classification

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

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