4-  The southwestern fence lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi) :

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The southwestern fence lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi) also known as the White Sands prairie lizard or the White Sands swift is species of spiny lizard native to the Chihuahuan Desert of the southwest United States and north-central Mexico. Described in 1956 as Sceloporus undulatus cowlesi, subspecies of the eastern fence lizard,[1] DNA studies elevated the southwestern fence lizard to species status.[2]

 

The following cladogram is based on Leaché and Reeder, 2002,[2] and shows the relationship of a S. cowlesi to other species in the "Sceloporus undulatus group".

Southwestern fence lizard

A male in New Mexico

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Suborder:Iguania

Family:Iguanidae

Subfamily:Phrynosomatinae

Genus:Sceloporus

Species:S. cowlesi

Binomial name :

Sceloporus cowlesi
Lowe & Norris, 1956

Synonyms:

Sceloporus undulatus cowlesi

For the external links , refrences  click here to read the full wikipedia article 

Other websites :

 

-  reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Sceloporus&species=cowlesi

 

-   www.iucnredlist.org/details/64156/0

 

-  www.wildherps.com/species/S.cowlesi.html

 

-  www.nmherpsociety.org/reptiles/lizards/sceloporuscowlesi/index.html

 

-  www.bison-m.org/booklet.aspx?id=030056

 

-   www.utep.edu/leb/pleistnm/taxa/Sceloporus.htm

 

- www.californiaherps.com/noncal/southwest/swlizards/pages/s.cowelsi.html

Vivarium & Terrarium Creatures .. 

Phrynosomatinae   ..  

Generas :

 

• Callisaurus  -  zebra-tailed lizards

• Cophosaurus  -  greater earless lizards

• Holbrookia   -   earless lizards

• Petrosaurus   -   California rock lizards - PART ONE ..  PART TWO 

• Phrynosoma   -   horned lizards    

• Sceloporus  -   spiny lizards -  SPECIES ..

• Uma   -   fringe-toed lizards  -  Species 

• Urosaurus   -  tree and brush lizards  -  SPECIES - 

• Uta   -   side-blotched lizards -  species .

 

 

Sceloporus  -   spiny lizards:

 

1- The emerald swift or green spiny lizard (Sceloporus malachiticus)

                                        PART One      -       PART Two

2-  Sceloporus uniformis  - The yellow-backed spiny lizard  

 

3- Sceloporus jarrovii -  The Yarrow's spiny lizard  

4- Sceloporus cowlesi - The southwestern fence lizard

 

5- Sceloporus woodi - The Florida scrub lizard  

 

6- Sceloporus magister -  The desert spiny lizard

 

7- Sceloporus variabilis -  The rosebelly lizard

 

8- Sceloporus poinsettii - The crevice spiny lizard

 

 

Sceloporus  -   spiny lizards:

 

1- The emerald swift or green spiny lizard (Sceloporus malachiticus)

                                        PART One      -       PART Two

2-  Sceloporus uniformis  - The yellow-backed spiny lizard  

 

3- Sceloporus jarrovii -  The Yarrow's spiny lizard  

4- Sceloporus cowlesi - The southwestern fence lizard

 

5- Sceloporus woodi - The Florida scrub lizard  

 

6- Sceloporus magister -  The desert spiny lizard

 

7- Sceloporus variabilis -  The rosebelly lizard

 

8- Sceloporus poinsettii - The crevice spiny lizard

 

 

Phrynosomatinae   ..  

Generas :

 

• Callisaurus  -  zebra-tailed lizards

• Cophosaurus  -  greater earless lizards

• Holbrookia   -   earless lizards

• Petrosaurus   -   California rock lizards - PART ONE ..  PART TWO 

• Phrynosoma   -   horned lizards    

• Sceloporus  -   spiny lizards -  SPECIES ..

• Uma   -   fringe-toed lizards  -  Species 

• Urosaurus   -  tree and brush lizards  -  SPECIES - 

• Uta   -   side-blotched lizards -  species .