#1796 · 🦎 reptiles

Crevice Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus poinsettii

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Laura Keene · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Michael Price · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © David G. Barker · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © t_rossettie · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Diana-Terry Hibbitts · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Val Verde County, TX, USA:© Craig Hensley · CC BY 4.0
7. Welgehausen Rd, Fredericksburg, TX, US:© Ella Sager · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Vegas Grande, Helotes, TX, US:© Medicone · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. SH-118, Fort Davis, TX, US:© nickie1212 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Clear Creek Cir, Boerne, TX, US:© bvoltviewer · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The crevice spiny lizard ( Sceloporus poinsettii ) is a species of small, phrynosomatid lizard.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,427iNaturalist 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.
4,427 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1852 (174 years ago).