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All Names

  • Unknown
    • Desert Spiny Lizard
  • German
    • Wüsten-Stachelleguan
  • Scientific names
    • Sceloporus spinosus magister
    • Sceloporus magister
    • Sceloporus magister magister
  • English
    • Desert Spiny Lizard
    • Yellow-Backed Spiny Lizard

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Recent Observations

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Photos

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What

Yellow-Backed Spiny Lizard Sceloporus magister

Observer

tigerhawkvok

Date

Jul 27, 2010
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Photos

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Observer

tigerhawkvok

Date

May 2, 2008
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Photos

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What

Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard Sceloporus magister uniformis

Observer

dchen

Date

Apr 23, 2012

Place

Palm Springs, CA (Google, OSM)

Description

This lizard decided to check out our patio. I believe it is a Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard.

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Description from Wikipedia

Sceloporus magister, also known as the Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard or the Desert Spiny Lizard, is a reptile endemic to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. Desert Spiny Lizards eat insects and rarely, small plants.

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