Sceloporus chrysostictus
Species of lizard
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Sceloporus chrysostictus, the yellow-spotted spiny lizard or Yucatán spiny lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.
| Sceloporus chrysostictus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus |
| Species: | S. chrysostictus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sceloporus chrysostictus Cope, 1866 | |
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Geographic range
It is most commonly found in the Yucatán Peninsula. It also ranges through Guatemala and Northern Belize.