#1679 · 🦎 reptiles

Rose-bellied Lizard

Sceloporus variabilis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Lauren Sobkoviak · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Jon McIntyre · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Kevin Meza · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Salado Creek Greenway, San Antonio, TX, US:© IDClaire · CC BY 4.0
5. Linda Vista, Col. Petrolera Lindavista, Ver., México:© Gerson Herrera · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Huauchinango, Pue., México:© Oscar Leonardo Chavez Torres · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Pedregal San Antonio, 29014 Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chis., México:© Nahara · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Paso de Ovejas, Ver., México:© Aurelio Molina Hernández. · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Friends of Friedrich Wilderness, San Antonio, TX, USA:© Michael Price · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. 91496 Farallón Don Carlos, Ver., México:© germanzj · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Sceloporus variabilis , commonly known as the rosebelly lizard , is a species of lizard, which is endemic to Central America and North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,952iNaturalist 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.
11,952 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann in 1834 (192 years ago).