Sceloporus magister - Wikipedia
Sceloporus magister, also known as the desert spiny lizard, is a lizard species of the family Phrynosomatidae, native to the Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert of North America. In the United States it is found in the states of Arizona, California, …
Desert Spiny Lizard - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on ... - Animalia
Sceloporus magister, also known as the desert spiny lizard, is a lizard species of the family Phrynosomatidae, native to the Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert of North America.
Spiny Lizards - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Desert spiny lizard These are medium to large lizards with snout-vent lengths ranging from 2¼ to 5¼ inches (63 to 138 mm). These robust lizards have keeled, pointed scales.
DESERT SPINY LIZARD
DISTRIBUTION: The Desert Spiny Lizard ranges across the deserts of southwestern Arizona and the northeastern plateaus at elevations ranging from near sea level along the Colorado River to about about 5,000′. HABITAT: Biotic communities including Sonoran Desertscrub, Great Basin Desertscrub, Semidesert Grassland, Interior Chaparral, and ...
Desert Spiny Lizard – Tucson Herpetological Society
Sceloporus bimaculosus (Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard) occurs in southeastern Arizona, and S. magister (Desert Spiny Lizard) occurs in much of western Arizona and portions of the Colorado Plateau and southeastern Arizona. This is one of the most conspicuous lizards in …
Desert Spiny Lizards - Optics4Birding Nature Blog
2022年8月31日 · It seems like nearly every trip to the California deserts lately, I encounter Desert Spiny Lizards (Sceloporus magister). They are resident in desert habitats across the American Southwest and northern Mexico and can be anywhere in elevation from well below sea level to about 5000 feet.
Sceloporus magister - NMHS
Its large, black, wedge-shaped shoulder markings distinguish this lizard from New Mexico's smaller Sceloporus. The Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard has paired spots or blotches down the dorsum. The Clark's Spiny Lizard has diagnostic dark bars on the forearm.
Desert Spiny Lizard - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Desert Spiny Lizard. Kingdom. Animalia. Location in Taxonomic Tree . Genus. Sceloporus. Species. Sceloporus magister. Identification Numbers. TSN: 173873. Geography. Launch Interactive Map. Working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
Desert Spiny Lizard in the Sonoran Desert - Arizonensis
2009年6月1日 · A robust lizard with sharply keeled scales. Specimens exceeding 10 cm excluding tail are commonly seen. The coloration can vary tremendously, but the dark shoulder patch is characteristic. These are diurnal predators mostly of arthropods, including many ants and beetles, or occasionally other small lizards.
Desert Spiny Lizard (Lizards of Highlands Center for Natural …
Some populations have yellow-orange heads. Lacks bars on the forelimbs, distinguishing it from Clark's spiny lizard (S. clarkii). Native to the southwest U.S. (California west to Texas, and north to Nevada and Utah) and northern Mexico, S. magister is found from desert scrub to Great basin conifer woodland. Often found in trees, wood piles ...
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