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#1654 · 🦎 reptiles

Prairie Lizard

Sceloporus consobrinus

🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe
Prairie Lizard, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

Sceloporus consobrinus , the southern prairie lizard , is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is found in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, and Nebraska in the United States.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 16,817iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 16,817 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Prairie Lizard
scientific name
Sceloporus consobrinus
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Phrynosomatidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
16,817
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Phrynosomatidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 146413, Wikidata Q5314032, GBIF 2451277, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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