Summary description from Wikipedia:

Sceloporus magister in languages:

Bokmål

Ørkentorniguan

Czech

leguánek ostnitý

Danish

Nordlig Ørkentornleguan

English

Desert Spiny Lizard

French

Scélopore du désert

German

Wüstenstachelleguan

Japanese

サバクハリトカゲ

Portuguese

Lagarto-espinhoso-do-deserto

Russian

Пустынная колючая игуана

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Parent Taxon

• Sceloporus

Sibling Taxa

• Sceloporus acanthinus
• Sceloporus adleri
• Sceloporus aeneus
• Sceloporus albiventris
• Sceloporus anahuacus
• Sceloporus angustus
• Sceloporus arenicolus
• Sceloporus asper
• Sceloporus aurantius
• Sceloporus aureolus
• Sceloporus bicanthalis
• Sceloporus bimaculosus
• Sceloporus brownorum
• Sceloporus bulleri
• Sceloporus caeruleus
• Sceloporus carinatus
• Sceloporus cautus
• Sceloporus chaneyi
• Sceloporus chrysostictus
• Sceloporus clarkii
• Sceloporus consobrinus
• Sceloporus couchii
• Sceloporus cowlesi
• Sceloporus cozumelae
• Sceloporus cryptus
• Sceloporus cupreus
• Sceloporus cyanogenys
• Sceloporus cyanostictus
• Sceloporus dixoni
• Sceloporus druckercolini
• Sceloporus dugesii
• Sceloporus edbelli
• Sceloporus edwardtaylori
• Sceloporus esperanzae
• Sceloporus exsul
• Sceloporus formosus
• Sceloporus gadoviae
• Sceloporus gadsdeni
• Sceloporus goldmani
• Sceloporus graciosus
• Sceloporus grammicus
• Sceloporus grandaevus
• Sceloporus halli
• Sceloporus hesperus
• Sceloporus heterolepis
• Sceloporus hondurensis
• Sceloporus horridus
• Sceloporus huichol
• Sceloporus hunsakeri
• Sceloporus insignis
• Sceloporus internasalis
• Sceloporus jalapae
• Sceloporus jarrovii
• Sceloporus lemosespinali
• Sceloporus licki
• Sceloporus lineatulus
• Sceloporus lunae
• Sceloporus lundelli
• Sceloporus macdougalli
• Sceloporus maculosus
• Sceloporus magister
• Sceloporus malachiticus
• Sceloporus megalepidurus
• Sceloporus melanorhinus
• Sceloporus merriami
• Sceloporus minor
• Sceloporus mucronatus
• Sceloporus nelsoni
• Sceloporus oberon
• Sceloporus occidentalis
• Sceloporus ochoterenae
• Sceloporus olivaceus
• Sceloporus omiltemanus
• Sceloporus orcutti
• Sceloporus ornatus
• Sceloporus palaciosi
• Sceloporus parvus
• Sceloporus poinsettii
• Sceloporus pyrocephalus
• Sceloporus salvini
• Sceloporus samcolemani
• Sceloporus scalaris
• Sceloporus schmidti
• Sceloporus scitulus
• Sceloporus serrifer
• Sceloporus shannonorum
• Sceloporus siniferus
• Sceloporus slevini
• Sceloporus smaragdinus
• Sceloporus smithi
• Sceloporus spinosus
• Sceloporus squamosus
• Sceloporus stejnegeri
• Sceloporus subniger
• Sceloporus subpictus
• Sceloporus sugillatus
• Sceloporus taeniocnemis
• Sceloporus tanneri
• Sceloporus teapensis
• Sceloporus torquatus
• Sceloporus tristichus
• Sceloporus undulatus
• Sceloporus unicanthalis
• Sceloporus uniformis
• Sceloporus utiformis
• Sceloporus variabilis
• Sceloporus virgatus
• Sceloporus woodi
• Sceloporus zosteromus

Child Taxa

• Sceloporus magister cephaloflavus
• Sceloporus magister magister
• Sceloporus magister montserratensis
• Sceloporus magister transversus

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