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Clark's Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus clarkii

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 354, February 323, March 428, April 569, May 520, June 396, July 398, August 438, September 281, October 267, November 275, December 309.
United States5,135
Arizona3,922
Mexico1,054
Sinaloa598
New Mexico452
Sonora383
Nayarit48
Texas16
Chihuahua11
Jalisco7

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 Clark's Spiny Lizard with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.