Canyon Lizard (Sceloporus merriami)

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Canyon Lizard (Sceloporus merriami)

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Life
Animals Kingdom Animalia
Chordates Phylum Chordata
Reptiles Class Reptilia
lizards & snakes Order Squamata
lizards Suborder Sauria
Family Phrynosomatidae
Genus Sceloporus
Canyon Lizard Sceloporus merriami
- Big Bend Canyon Lizard Sceloporus merriami annulatus
- Southeastern Canyon Lizard Sceloporus merriami australis
- Ballinger’s Canyon Lizard Sceloporus merriami ballingeri
- Presidio Canyon Lizard Sceloporus merriami longipunctatus
- Merriam's Canyon Lizard Sceloporus merriami merriami
- Sanoja's Canyon Lizard Sceloporus merriami sanojae
- Williams’ Canyon Lizard Sceloporus merriami williamsi

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Scientific names
- Sceloporus merriami
- Sceloporus merriami merriami
English
- Canyon Lizard
Unknown
- merriami: Merriam's Canyon Lizard

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Canyon Lizard Sceloporus merriami

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Date

Aug 5, 2004

Place

Big Bend National Park (Google, OSM)

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Description from Wikipedia

The Canyon Lizard (Sceloporus merriami) is a species of lizard native to the southern United States in the state of Texas, and northern Mexico in the states of Coahuila, Durango and Chihuahua. The epithet merriami is in honor of American zoologist Clinton Hart Merriam. Loading full description...

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