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Sceloporus olivaceus 365130763🦎

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SpeciesPhrynosomatidae
Reptiles

🦎Texas spiny lizard

Sceloporus olivaceus Smith, 1934

The Texas spiny lizard 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 trees or on fences.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2007.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
0.06 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
3.8 years
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Everything we know about the Texas spiny lizard

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Body mass
0.06 kgmaximum recorded
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Maximum lifespan
3.8 yearsmaximum recorded
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Diet
Carnivorous
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Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Foraging mode
Mixed
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Venomous
No
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Snout–vent length
0.12 mmaximum recorded
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By sex

  • Female0.09 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
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0.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Texas spiny lizard yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyPhrynosomatidae
  5. ›genusSceloporus
  6. ›speciesSceloporus olivaceus
Full lineage
  1. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  2. familyPhrynosomatidae
  3. subfamilyPhrynosomatinae
  4. genusSceloporus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. suborderIguania
  12. familyPhrynosomatidae
  13. subfamilyPhrynosomatinae
  14. genusSceloporus
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Sceloporus olivaceus (sv), Texas-Stachelleguan (de), Sceloporus olivaceus (vi), Sceloporus olivaceus (fr), Sceloporus olivaceus (es), Sceloporus olivaceus (it) … and 9 more languages
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