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Sceloporus chrysostictus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Phrynosomatidae
Genus:	Sceloporus
Species:	S. chrysostictus
Binomial name
Sceloporus chrysostictus Cope, 1866
Synonyms
Sceloporus variabilis Barbour & Cole, 1906 (part. fide H.M. Smith, 1939)

Sceloporus chrysostictus, the yellow-spotted spiny lizard or Yucatán spiny lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.

Geographic range

It is most commonly found in the Yucatán Peninsula. It also ranges through Guatemala and Northern Belize.

References

1. 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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