#1621 · 🦎 reptiles

Texas Spiny Lizard

🇳🇱 Texas spiny lizard ·Sceloporus olivaceus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © John Brush · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Debra Hendricks · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Matthew High · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Guillermo H. Sosa-Tovar · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Sunset Valley, TX, USA:© tmorgan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Williamson County, TX, USA:© Jack Cochran · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Circle C Ranch, Austin, TX, USA:© Courtney Cloyd · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Hays County, TX, USA:© Debra Hendricks · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. E University Ave, Georgetown, TX, US:© GayleIsTired · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

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, where they can be found in trees or on fences.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 41,898iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
41,898 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Hobart Muir Smith in 1934 (92 years ago).