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Sceloporus magister (Desert Spiny Lizard)

Synonyms: Sceloporus montserratensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Sceloporus magister, also known as the desert spiny lizard, is a lizard species of the family Phrynosomatidae, native to the Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert of North America
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Infraspecies

Sceloporus magister cephaloflavus (Orange-headed spiny lizard)
Sceloporus magister magister (Desert spiny lizard)
Sceloporus magister montserratensis
Sceloporus magister transversus (Barred spiny lizard)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  35 grams
Birth Weight [1]  2 grams
Female Weight [1]  27 grams
Egg Length [1]  0.709 inches (18 mm)
Egg Width [1]  0.394 inches (10 mm)
Gestation [1]  67 days
Litter Size [1]  9
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  6 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.543 inches (9 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Arboreal, Saxicolous, Terrestrial
Male Maturity [1]  2 years

Predators

Accipiter cooperii (Cooper's Hawk)[3]
Buteo albonotatus (Zone-tailed Hawk)[3]
Buteo jamaicensis (Red-tailed Hawk)[3]
Falco mexicanus (Prairie Falcon)[3]
Falco sparverius (American Kestrel)[3]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0