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Pastel Tree Lizard

Sceloporus melanorhinus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 39, February 23, March 40, April 41, May 56, June 48, July 40, August 32, September 46, October 55, November 68, December 31.
Mexico519
Jalisco156
Colima104
Nayarit81
Oaxaca74
Guerrero52
Chiapas26
Michoacan de Ocampo19
Mexico4
Morelos2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyPhrynosomatid Lizards · Phrynosomatidae
GenusSpiny Lizards · Sceloporus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Pastel Tree Lizard with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.