Sceloporus grammicus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Toxicofera
Subordo: Iguania
Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Phrynosomatidae
Subfamilia: Sceloporinae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species: Sceloporus grammicus
Subspecies (4): S. g. disparilis – S. g. grammicus – S. g. microlepidotus – S. g. tamaulipensis
Name

Sceloporus grammicus Wiegmann, 1828: 370

Syntypes: ZMB 641–643, collected by F. Deppe.

Type locality: “Mexico”.
Synonyms

Sceloporus pleurostictus Wiegmann, 1828: 370

Syntypes: probably ZMB, collected by F. Deppe.

Type locality: “Mexico”, restricted to “Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico”, by Smith & Taylor (1950).
References
Primary references

Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1828. Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde (in German). Isis von Oken 21(4): 364–383. BHL Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Sceloporus grammicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2018.
Hammerson, G.A., Vazquez Díaz, J. & Quintero Díaz, G.E. 2007. IUCN: Sceloporus grammicus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64107A12744035. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64107A12744035.en

Vernacular names
English: Graphic Spiny Lizard
español: Lagartija de arbol del sur

Sceloporus grammicus is a species of lizard from Mexico and the southern United States. It is sometimes referred to as the mesquite lizard or graphic spiny lizard.[1][2]

Geographic range

Sceloporus grammicus is native to the southern United States in the state of Texas, and to Mexico in the states of Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Querétaro, and Aguascalientes.[2]
Description
Mesquite lizard (Sceloporus grammicus) ventral view of a male

Sceloporus grammicus is a flat-bodied lizard with a tail that is slightly longer than head-body length. Adult total body length varies between 10 and 17.5 cm (3.9 and 6.9 in). The dorsum is mottled olive or gray and has a pattern consisting of 3–6 dark crossbars. The forelegs and tail have narrow crossbars. Males differ from females by having blue patches and black mottling on throat, a dark line on each shoulder, and blue patches on sides of belly, sometimes bordered in black.[3]
Reproduction

Sceloporus grammicus is viviparous.[2][4] Litter size varies between 2 and 12.[3][4] Females become sexually mature between 34 and 74 mm (1.3 and 2.9 in) in snout–vent length.[4]
Subspecies

There are four recognized subspecies of Sceloporus grammicus including the nominate race:[2]

Sceloporus grammicus disparilis Stejneger, 1916 — mesquite graphic lizard
Sceloporus grammicus grammicus Wiegmann, 1828 — southern mesquite lizard
Sceloporus grammicus microlepidotus Wiegmann, 1834 — northern mesquite lizard
Sceloporus grammicus tamaulipensis Sites & Dixon, 1981 — Tamaulipas mesquite lizard

References

Hammerson, G.A.; Vazquez Díaz, J.; Quintero Díaz, G.E. (2007). "Sceloporus grammicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64107A12744035. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64107A12744035.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Sceloporus grammicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2017.
"Graphic Spiny Lizard". Herps of Texas. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio; Jiménez-Cruz, Elsa; Marshall, Jonathon C. (2004). "Comparative life history for populations of the Sceloporus grammicus complex (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)". Western North American Naturalist. 64 (2): 175–183. JSTOR 41717360.