Sceloporus serrifer
Sceloporus serrifer, the blue spiny lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.
| Blue spiny lizard | |
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| Blue spiny lizard, Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys, female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus |
| Species: | S. serrifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Sceloporus serrifer Cope, 1866 | |
Geographic range
It ranges from the United States in southern Texas, through the eastern states of Mexico, to Central America in Guatemala and Belize.
Subspecies
Four subspecies of S. serrifer are recognized, including the nominate race, but the subspecies are known to intergrade in areas where their geographic ranges overlap, so differentiating them can be difficult.
- S. s. cyanogenys Cope, 1885
- S. s. plioporus H.M. Smith, 1939 - West Gulf spiny lizard
- S. s. prezygus H.M. Smith, 1942
- S. s. serrifer Cope, 1866 - Yucatán spiny lizard
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