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Asperous Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus asper

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 2, February 0, March 1, April 3, May 1, June 6, July 6, August 3, September 10, October 7, November 6, December 1.
Mexico46
Nayarit18
Jalisco17
Colima6
Michoacan de Ocampo5

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