Sceloporus

Sceloporus
Taxonomía
Reino:	Animalia
Filo:	Chordata
Clase:	Sauropsida
Orden:	Squamata
Suborden:	Iguania
Familia:	Phrynosomatidae
Género:	Sceloporus; Wiegmann, 1828
Especie tipo
	Sceloporus torquatus; Wiegmann, 1828
Especies
	Ver texto.
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Sceloporus es un género de saurópsidos escamosos de la familia Phrynosomatidae llamadas comúnmente lagartijas espinosas. Su característica principal es poseer escamas aquilladas en la parte dorsal. Son de hábitos diurnos y su alimentación es principalmente insectívora.

Son muy abundantes en Estados Unidos y México, aunque se distribuyen desde Canadá hasta Centroamérica.

Especies

El género Sceloporus incluyes 107 especies:

Sceloporus acanthinus Bocourt, 1873
Sceloporus adleri Smith & Savitzky, 1974
Sceloporus aeneus Wiegmann, 1828
Sceloporus albiventris Smith, 1939
Sceloporus anahuacus Lara-Góngora, 1983
Sceloporus angustus (Dickerson, 1919)
Sceloporus arenicolus Degenhardt & Jones, 1972
Sceloporus asper Boulenger, 1897
Sceloporus aurantius Grummer & Bryson, 2014

Sceloporus aureolus Smith, 1942
Sceloporus becki Van Denburgh, 1905
Sceloporus bicanthalis Smith, 1937
Sceloporus bimaculosus Phelan & Brattstrom, 1955

Sceloporus brownorum Smith et al., 1997

Sceloporus bulleri Boulenger, 1894
Sceloporus caeruleus Smith, 1936
Sceloporus carinatus Smith, 1936
Sceloporus cautus Smith, 1938
Sceloporus chaneyi Liner & Dixon, 1992
Sceloporus chrysostictus Cope, 1866
Sceloporus clarkii Baird & Girard, 1852
Sceloporus consobrinus Baird & Girard, 1853
Sceloporus couchii Baird, 1859
Sceloporus cowlesi Lowe & Norris, 1956
Sceloporus cozumelae Jones, 1927
Sceloporus cryptus Smith & Lynch, 1967
Sceloporus cupreus Bocourt, 1873
Sceloporus cyanogenys Cope, 1885
Sceloporus cyanostictus Axtell & Axtell, 1971

Sceloporus druckercolini Perez & Saldana, 2008

Sceloporus dugesii Bocourt, 1873

Sceloporus edbelli Smith et al. 2003
Sceloporus edwardtaylori Smith, 1936

Sceloporus esperanzae McCranie, 2018
Sceloporus exsul Dixon et al., 1972

Sceloporus formosus Wiegmann, 1834

Sceloporus gadoviae Boulenger, 1905
Sceloporus gadsdeni Castañeda et.al., 2017
Sceloporus goldmani Smith, 1937
Sceloporus graciosus Baird & Girard, 1852
Sceloporus grammicus Wiegmann, 1828
Sceloporus grandaevus (Dickerson, 1919)
Sceloporus halli Dasmann & Smith, 1974

Sceloporus heterolepis Boulenger, 1894

Sceloporus hondurensis Mccranie, 2018
Sceloporus horridus Wiegmann, 1834
Sceloporus hunsakeri Hall & Smith, 1979
Sceloporus insignis Webb, 1967
Sceloporus internasalis Smith & Bumzahem, 1955
Sceloporus jalapae Günther, 1890
Sceloporus jarrovii Cope, 1875
Sceloporus lemosespinali Lara-Góngora, 2004
Sceloporus licki Van Denburgh, 1895
Sceloporus lineatulus Dickerson, 1919
Sceloporus lunae Bocourt, 1873
Sceloporus lundelli Smith, 1939

Sceloporus macdougalli Smith & Bumzahem, 1953

Sceloporus maculosus Smith, 1934
Sceloporus magister Hallowell, 1854
Sceloporus malachiticus Cope, 1864
Sceloporus megalepidurus Smith, 1934
Sceloporus melanorhinus Bocourt, 1876
Sceloporus mendezdelacruzi Charran, Loc-Barragan, Calzada-Arciniega, Alfaro-Juantorena, Cueva Del Castillo, Blair & Jiménez-Arcos, 2025
Sceloporus merriami Stejneger, 1904
Sceloporus minor Cope, 1885
Sceloporus mucronatus Cope, 1885
Sceloporus nelsoni Cochran, 1923

Sceloporus oberon Smith & Brown, 1941
Sceloporus occidentalis Baird & Girard, 1852

Sceloporus ochoterenae Smith, 1934
Sceloporus olivaceus Smith, 1934
Sceloporus omiltemanus Günther, 1890
Sceloporus orcutti Stejneger, 1893
Sceloporus ornatus Baird, 1859

Sceloporus palaciosi Lara-Góngora, 1983

Sceloporus parvus Smith, 1934
Sceloporus poinsettii Baird & Girard, 1852
Sceloporus pyrocephalus Cope, 1864

Sceloporus salvini Günther, 1890

Sceloporus samcolemani Smith & Hall, 1974
Sceloporus scalaris Wiegmann, 1828

Sceloporus schmidti Jones, 1927

Sceloporus serrifer Cope, 1866

Sceloporus shannonorum Langebartel, 1959
Sceloporus siniferus Cope, 1870
Sceloporus slevini Smith, 1937
Sceloporus smaragdinus Bocourt, 1873
Sceloporus smithi Hartweg & Oliver, 1937
Sceloporus spinosus Wiegmann, 1828
Sceloporus squamosus Bocourt, 1874
Sceloporus stejnegeri Smith, 1942
Sceloporus subniger Poglayen & Smith, 1958
Sceloporus subpictus Lynch & Smith, 1965
Sceloporus sugillatus Smith, 1942

Sceloporus taeniocnemis Cope, 1885

Sceloporus tanneri Smith & Larsen, 1975
Sceloporus teapensis Günther, 1890
Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828
Sceloporus tristichus (Cope, 1875)

Sceloporus undulatus (Bosc & Daudin, 1801)

Sceloporus unicanthalis Smith, 1937

Sceloporus uniformis Phelan & Brattstrom, 1955

Sceloporus utiformis Cope, 1864

Sceloporus variabilis Wiegmann, 1834

Sceloporus virgatus Smith, 1938
Sceloporus woodi Stejneger, 1918
Sceloporus zosteromus Cope, 1863

Referencias

↑ Uetz, P. & Jirí Hošek (ed.). «Sceloporus». Reptile Database. Reptarium. Consultado el 5 de febrero de 2014.
↑ Charran, T., Loc-Barragan, J. A., Calzada-Arciniega, R. A., Alfaro-Juantorena, L. A., Cueva Del Castillo, R., Blair, C., & Jiménez-Arcos, V. H. (2025). Phylogenetic relationships and species delimitation of bunchgrass lizards of the genus Sceloporus from Mexico with the description of a new species. Journal of Heredity, esaf020. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaf020

Datos: Q2118277
Multimedia: Sceloporus / Q2118277
Especies: Sceloporus

[repdatabase-1] Uetz, P. & Jirí Hošek (ed.). «Sceloporus». Reptile Database. Reptarium. Consultado el 5 de febrero de 2014.

[2] Charran, T., Loc-Barragan, J. A., Calzada-Arciniega, R. A., Alfaro-Juantorena, L. A., Cueva Del Castillo, R., Blair, C., & Jiménez-Arcos, V. H. (2025). Phylogenetic relationships and species delimitation of bunchgrass lizards of the genus Sceloporus from Mexico with the description of a new species. Journal of Heredity, esaf020. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaf020