Sceloporus chrysostictus, the yellow-spotted spiny lizard or Yucatán spiny lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus |
| Species: | S. chrysostictus
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| Sceloporus chrysostictus Cope, 1866
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Geographic range edit
It is most commonly found in the Yucatán Peninsula. It also ranges through Guatemala and Northern Belize.
References edit
- ^ Lee, J.; Calderón Mandujano, R. (2013). "Sceloporus chrysostictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T64094A3133193.
- Species Sceloporus chrysostictus at The Reptile Database
- Cope, E.D. 1866. Fourth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18:123-132.
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