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Sceloporus grammicus microlepidotus

(Mesquite Lizard)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Mesquite Lizard, Northern Mesquite Lizard

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Lepidosauria ()
        Subclass: Diapsida ()
        Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha ()
        Superorder: Lepidosauria () -
        Order: Squamata ()
        Suborder: Lacertilia ()
        Infraorder: Iguania ()
        Family: Phrynosomatidae ()
        Genus: Sceloporus () - Wiegmann, 1828
        Specific name: grammicus - Wiegmann, 1834
        Subspecies: microlepidotus
        Scientific name: - Sceloporus grammicus microlepidotus Wiegmann, 1834

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: January 31, 2000.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Sceloporus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 120 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S.acanthinus (Bocourt's Spiny Lizard) · S.adleri (Adler's Spiny Lizard) · S.aeneus (Southern Bunchgrass Lizard) · S.anahuacus (Anahuacan Bunchgrass Lizard) · S.angustus (Santa Cruz Island Sator) · S.arenicolus (Dunes Sagebrush Lizard) · S.aureolus (Southern Crevice Spiny Lizard) · S.bicanthalis (Trans Volcanic Bunchgrass Lizard) · S.bulleri (Buller's Spiny Lizard) · S.caeruleus (Blue Ornate Spiny Lizard) · S.carinatus (Keeled Spiny Lizard) · S.cautus (Shy Spiny Lizard) · S.chaneyi (Chaney's Spiny Lizard) · S.chrysostictus (Yellow-Spotted Spiny Lizard) · S.clarkii (Clark's Spiny Lizard) · S.clarkii vallaris (Clark's Spiny Lizard) · S.consobrinus (Eastern Fence Lizard) · S.couchii (Couch's Spiny Lizard) · S.cozumelae (Cozumel Spiny Lizard) · S.cryptus (Sierra Juarez Spiny Lizard) · S.cyanogenys (West Gulf Rough-Scaled Lizard) · S.dugesii (Duges' Spiny Lizard) · S.edwardtaylori (Taylor's Spiny Lizard) · S.exsul (Queretaran Desert Lizard) · S.formosus (Mexican Emerald Spiny Lizard) · S.gadovae (Gadow's Spiny Lizard) · S.gadoviae (Gadow's Spiny Lizard) · S.goldmani (Goldman's Bunchgrass Lizard) · S.graciosus (Common Sagebrush Lizard) · S.graciosus graciosus (Northern Sagebrush Lizard) · S.grammicus (Graphic Spiny Lizard) · S.grammicus microlepidotus (Mesquite Lizard) · S.heterolepis (Dorsalkeel Spiny Lizard) · S.heterolepis heterolepis (Dorsalkeel Spiny Lizard) · S.horridus (Horrible Spiny Lizard) · S.hunsakeri (Hunsaker's Spiny Lizard) · S.insignis (Michoacán Blackcollar Lizard) · S.jalapae (Jalapa Spiny Lizard) · S.jarrovi (Mountain Spiny Lizard) · S.jarrovii (Yarrow's Spiny Lizard) · S.jarrovii cyanostictus (Blue-Spotted Spiny Lizard) · S.jarrovii jarrovii (Mountain Spiny Lizard) · S.jarrovii sugillatus (Zempoala Bar-Bellied Lizard) · S.licki (Cape Arboreal Spiny Lizard) · S.lineatulus (Santa Catalina Spiny Lizard) · S.lundelli (Lundell's Spiny Lizard) · S.macdougalli (Macdougall's Spiny Lizard) · S.maculosus (Spotted Spiny Lizard) · S.magister (Desert Spiny Lizard) · S.magister bimaculosus (Desert Spiny Lizard) · S.magister cephaloflavus (Desert Spiny Lizard) · S.magister transversus (Barred Spiny Lizard) · S.magister uniformis (Desert Spiny Lizard) · S.malachiticus (Green Spiny Lizard) · S.megalepidurus (Largescale Spiny Lizard) · S.megalepidurus megalepidurus (Largescale Spiny Lizard) · S.melanorhinus (Pastel Tree Lizard) · S.merriami (Canyon Lizard) · S.merriami annulatus (Big Bend Canyon Lizard) · S.merriami longipunctatus (Canyon Lizard) · S.monserratensis (Monserrat Island Spiny Lizard) · S.mucronatus (Cleft Lizard) · S.nelsoni (Nelson's Spiny Lizard) · S.nelsoni nelsoni (Nelson's Spiny Lizard) · S.occidentalis (Western Fence Lizard) · S.occidentalis becki (Island Fence Lizard) · S.occidentalis biseriatus (San Joaquin Fence Lizard) · S.occidentalis bocourtii (Coast Range Fence Lizard) · S.occidentalis longipes (Great Basin Fence Lizard) · S.occidentalis occidentalis (Northwestern Fence Lizard) · S.occidentalis taylori (Sierra Fence Lizard) · S.ochoterenae (Queretaran Spiny Lizard) · S.olivaceus (Texas Spiny Lizard) · S.omiltemanus (Southern Cleft Lizard) · S.orcutti (Granite Spiny Lizard) · S.orcutti orcutii (Granite Spiny Lizard) · S.ornatus (Ornate Spiny Lizard) · S.palaciosi (Palacios' Bunchgrass Lizard) · S.parvus (Bluebelly Lizard) · S.poinsettii (Crevice Spiny Lizard) · S.poinsettii macrolepis (Western Crevice Lizard) · S.poinsettii poinsettii (Northern Crevice Spiny Lizard) · S.poinsettii polylepis (Southern Crevice Lizard) · S.pyrocephalus (Boulder Spiny Lizard) · S.rufidorsum (Mexican Desert Spiny Lizard) · S.salvini (Salvin's Spiny Lizard) · S.scalaris (Bunch Grass Lizard) · S.slevini (Bunch Grass Lizard) · S.serrifer (Blue Spiny Lizard) · S.serrifer cyanogenys (Blue Spiny Lizard) · S.siniferus (Longtail Spiny Lizard) · S.slevini (Slevin's Bunchgrass Lizard) · S.smaragdinus (Bocourt) · S.smithi (Smith's Rosebelly Lizard) · S.spinosus (Blue-Spotted Spiny Lizard) · S.squamosus (Mexican Spiny Lizard) · S.stejnegeri (Stejneger's Blackcollar Spiny Lizard) · S.subniger (Plateau Bunchgrass Lizard) · S.subpictus (Southern Cursorial Lizard) · S.taeniocnemis (Guatemalan Emerald Spiny Lizard)

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Further Reading

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Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 120, p. 136, p. 220, p. 221, p. 222, p. 223, p. 225, p. 228, p. 229.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 75.
The Great Basin naturalist. 34 1974 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url fig. 10, page 14.
The University of Kansas science bulletin. 33 1950 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 329.
The palatal dentition in squamate reptiles: morphology, development, attachment, and replacement / D. Luke Mahler, Maureen Kearney. 108 2006 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c2006. url p. 30.
University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 15 1961 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 69, p. 70.
Vertebrate ecology and systematics: a tribute to Henry S. Fitch / edited by Richard A. Seigel. .. [et al.]. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1984. url p. 238.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.
Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2544692
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-27181
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13517476
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208746
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ARACF14041
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 17848

Last Revised: 7/14/2012