| Sceloporus cupreus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus |
| Species: | S. cupreus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sceloporus cupreus Bocourt, 1873 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Sceloporus cupreus, also known commonly as the upland long-tailed spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. [1] The species is endemic to Mexico. [1]
The specific name, cupreus, meaning "coppery" in Latin, refers to the dorsal color of some males of this species. [1] The junior synonym, S. cochranae, was named in honor of American herpetologist Doris Mable Cochran. [2]
Spiny lizards is a common name for the genus Sceloporus in the family Phrynosomatidae. The genus is endemic to North America, with various species ranging from New York, to Washington, and one occurring as far south as northern Panama. The greatest diversity is found in Mexico. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States. Other common names for lizards in this genus include fence lizards, scaly lizards, bunchgrass lizards, and swifts.
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Slevin's bunchgrass lizard is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is indigenous to the southwestern United States and adjacent northern Mexico.
The southwestern fence lizard, also known as Cowles' prairie lizard, the White Sands prairie lizard or the White Sands swift, is species of spiny lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is native to the Chihuahuan Desert of the south-western United States and north-central Mexico. Originally described in 1956 as Sceloporus undulatus cowlesi, a subspecies of the eastern fence lizard, subsequent DNA studies elevated the southwestern fence lizard to species status.
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