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The Texas spiny lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard native to the south central United States, in the states of Texas, Arizona and Oklahoma, and northeastern Mexico in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and San Luis Potosí. They are quite common throughout their range, where they can be found in ...
This list of reptiles of Texas includes the snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles native to the U.S. state of Texas.. Texas has a large range of habitats, from swamps, coastal marshes and pine forests in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the center, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west, and grassland prairie in the north.
Squamata contains over 9,000 species, making it by far the most species-rich and diverse order of non-avian reptiles in the present day. [3] Rhynchocephalia was a formerly widespread and diverse group of reptiles in the Mesozoic Era . [ 4 ]
Sceloporus merriami ballingeri Lemos-Espinal, H.M. Smith, Auth & Chiszar, 2001 – Ballinger's canyon lizard [4] Sceloporus merriami longipunctatus Olson, 1973 – Presidio canyon lizard; Sceloporus merriami merriami Stejneger, 1904 – Merriam's canyon lizard [4] [7] Sceloporus merriami sanojae Lemos-Espinal & Chiszar, 2003 – Sanoja's canyon ...
Feb. 5—A lizard species once feared to be vanishingly scarce is now known to have several thriving populations across its historical range in the Edwards Plateau region of Central and West Texas ...
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A black and white Argentine Tegu lizard (Denis Farrell/) Just like the virus central to the pandemic, these lizards’ breeding habits are hard to rein in once the creature “becomes established.”
The Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is one of about 21 North American species of spikey-bodied reptiles called horned lizards, all belonging the genus Phrynosoma. [3] It occurs in south-central regions of the US and northeastern Mexico, as well as several isolated introduced records and populations from Southern United States .