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  • Scientific names
    • Sceloporus spinosus floridanus
    • Sceloporus olivaceus
    • Sceloporus thayerii
    • Sceloporus floridanus
  • English
    • Texas Spiny Lizard

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What

Texas Spiny Lizard Sceloporus olivaceus

Observer

fhester

Date

May 9, 2012

Place

1051 Springdale Rd 78721 (Google, OSM)
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What

Texas Spiny Lizard Sceloporus olivaceus

Observer

sarasalamander

Date

Apr 29, 2012

Description

Found one on outside wall.

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Texas Spiny Lizard Sceloporus olivaceus

Observer

danjleavitt

Date

Jul 23, 2008

Description

Dax found this one swimming at about 1:15 am after heavy downpour. This was the official record for the park, even though they had been observed before without photos. Photo was taken in an old bucket.

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Description from Wikipedia

The Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard native to the south central United States, in the states of Texas and Oklahoma, and northeastern Mexico in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and San Luis Potosí. They are quite common throughout their range.

Source: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data. Downloaded March 2011.