Sceloporus hunsakeri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
Genus: | Sceloporus |
Species: | S. hunsakeri |
Binomial name | |
Sceloporus hunsakeri Hall & H.M. Smith, 1979 | |
Sceloporus hunsakeri, also known commonly as Hunsaker's spiny lizard and la espinosa de Hunsaker in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. [2] The species is endemic to the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. [1] [2]
The specific name, hunsakeri, is in honor of American zoologist Don Hunsaker II. [3]
The preferred natural habitat of S. hunsakeri is rocky areas in shrubland, but it has also been found around buildings in urban areas. [1]