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Eastern Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus spinosus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 54, February 47, March 106, April 267, May 407, June 220, July 234, August 181, September 197, October 216, November 152, December 98.
Mexico2,179
Guanajuato534
Queretaro de Arteaga387
Mexico225
Hidalgo207
Puebla164
San Luis Potosi131
Oaxaca129
Tlaxcala121
Jalisco58

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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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