Summary ⁷

Sceloporus magister, also known as the desert spiny lizard, is a reptile of the family Phrynosomatidae, which is native to the Chihuahuan Desert and the Sonoran Desert.

Range description ⁸

The range extends from Nevada to southwestern Colorado, south to northern Baja California, Sinaloa, and Coahuila; west to west of the Central Valley in California, east to western Texas (Parker 1982, Nussbaum et al. 1983, Degenhardt et al. 1996, Hammerson 1999, Dixon 2000, Grismer 2002, Stebbins 2003). Elevational range extends from near sea level to around 1,520 m (5,000 feet) (Stebbins 2003).

Sources and Credits

1. (c) C.V. Vick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuclearbunny/4642744226/
2. (c) 2006 Henk Wallays, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=198780&one=T
3. (c) 2008 William Flaxington, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=219733&one=T
4. (c) 2013 William Flaxington, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=572144&one=T
5. (c) 2014 William Flaxington, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=601395&one=T
6. (c) K Schneider, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8459/7988596106_731e6d2dc8_o.jpg
7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceloporus_magister
8. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34713531

More Info

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• HerpMapper
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• The Reptile Database
• VertNet

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