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Texas Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus olivaceus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 2,221, February 2,124, March 2,640, April 4,717, May 3,708, June 2,640, July 2,050, August 2,205, September 2,912, October 2,266, November 2,083, December 2,019.
United States37,580
Texas37,576
Mexico480
Nuevo Leon331
Oklahoma225
Tamaulipas94
Coahuila de Zaragoza53
New Mexico2
Arkansas2
Zacatecas2

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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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