Sceloporus mucronatus

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Cleft lizard
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species:
S. mucronatus
Binomial name
Sceloporus mucronatus
Cope, 1885

Sceloporus mucronatus, the cleft lizard or central cleft lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. [2] It is endemic to Mexico. [2]

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References

  1. Canseco-Márquez; Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Ponce-Campos, P. (2007). "Sceloporus mucronatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T64128A12747549.
  2. 1 2 Sceloporus mucronatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 10 November 2021.