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Canyon Lizard

Sceloporus merriami

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 620, February 593, March 674, April 1,278, May 783, June 380, July 342, August 353, September 419, October 447, November 582, December 564.
United States7,040
Texas7,034
Mexico203
Coahuila de Zaragoza93
Chihuahua91
Nuevo Leon18
Minnesota4
Wisconsin1
Louisiana1
Durango1

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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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