#1779 · 🦎 reptiles

Eastern Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus spinosus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Cristian Olvera · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Cristian Olvera · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © davy · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Art Mur · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Jacob Drucker · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Pedro Nájera Quezada · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Pedro Nájera Quezada · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Alberto · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Sceloporus spinosus , the eastern spiny lizard , is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is endemic to Mexico.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,087iNaturalist 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.
5,087 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann in 1828 (198 years ago).