Sceloporus serrifer

Sceloporus serrifer, the blue spiny lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.

Blue spiny lizard
Blue spiny lizard, Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys, female

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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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