#1640 · 🦎 reptiles

Desert Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus magister

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © alexb0000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © markc666 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © alexb0000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © uzun · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Pete Schwartz · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © John Seal · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. San Bernardino County, CA, USA:© markc666 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Joshua Tree National Park, Indio, CA, US:© Bettina Eastman · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sun City Grand, Surprise, AZ, USA:© Bryan Maltais · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Clark County, NV, USA:© bobc · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 21,844iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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).