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Longtail Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus siniferus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 105, February 68, March 97, April 125, May 91, June 84, July 68, August 52, September 42, October 43, November 66, December 91.
Mexico932
Oaxaca808
Guerrero85
Chiapas27
Michoacan de Ocampo6
Colima3
Puebla2
Nayarit1

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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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