Sceloporus ornatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
Genus: | Sceloporus |
Species: | S. ornatus
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Binomial name | |
Sceloporus ornatus Baird, 1859
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Sceloporus ornatus, the ornate spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.[2] It is native to north-central Mexico.[3] Sceloporus oberon and Sceloporus caeruleus, which were once subspecies of the ornate spiny lizard, have since been elevated to distinct species.[2]