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Sceloporus serrifer

Sceloporus serrifer

Rough-scaled lizard, Yucatecan rough-scaled lizard

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Iguania
Family
Phrynosomatidae
Genus
Sceloporus
SPECIES
Sceloporus serrifer

Sceloporus serrifer, the rough-scaled lizard or Yucatecan rough-scaled lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.

Te

Terrestrial

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Photos with Sceloporus serrifer

Blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer) at the Bristol Zoological Gardens, England.
Blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus serrifer) at the Bristol Zoological Gardens, England.
Petrosaurus thalassinus, Baja Blue Rock Lizard, pictured in Stuttgart Wilhelma Zoo
Sceloporus serrifer Lep?n, Yucatan, Mexico This reptiles were quite abundant in Lep?n. Some of them were mostly red while others had a yellow head. I was told by people from the village that the red ones were the males and the yellow ones the females, ye
Sceloporus serrifer Merida, Yucatan, Mexico Found this one early in the morning, I was pretty close by the time I spotted it, and it didn't run away, so I had a little bit of luck!

Distribution

Geography

Continents
North America
Countries
Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, United States
Regions
Yucatan
Biogeographical realms
Neotropical, Nearctic
WWF Biomes
Desert and Xeric Shrublands

It ranges from the United States in southern Texas, through the eastern states of Mexico, to Central America in Guatemala and Belize.

Biome

Rocky areas
Shrubland
Sceloporus serrifer Merida, Yucatan, Mexico Found this one early in the morning, I was pretty close by the time I spotted it, and it didn't run away, so I had a little bit of luck!

Habits and Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Terrestrial,

Diet and Nutrition

Sceloporus sp. Merida, Yucatan, Mexico I've been finding this lizards a lot more often recently, but I still think they look pretty cool. Also, I've seen some with a red head and a blue belly, probably of the same specie. I'm still not 100% sure what Sc

Population

Population Trend
Stable
POPULATION STATUS
Least concern (LC)
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References

1. Sceloporus serrifer Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceloporus_serrifer
2. Sceloporus serrifer on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64143/68307822

Included in Lists

Lizards of United States
Reptiles of Yucatan
Reptiles of Belize
Reptiles of Mexico
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