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Crevice Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus poinsettii

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 424, February 406, March 461, April 874, May 536, June 301, July 234, August 257, September 287, October 306, November 398, December 386.
United States6,251
Texas4,812
New Mexico636
Mexico375
Coahuila de Zaragoza162
Chihuahua87
Durango69
Nuevo Leon38
Zacatecas8
Arizona5

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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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