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Basic information
Sceloporus grammicus
(Northern) Mesquite Lizard
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyPhrynosomatid Lizards
GenusSpiny Lizards
- English name
- (Northern) Mesquite Lizard
- Alternative names
- Graphic Spiny Lizard, Lagartija de Arbol de Tamaulipas [tamaulipensis], Lagartija de Arbol del Noreste [disparilis], Lagartija de Arbol del Sur, Lagarto de Mesquite [microlepidotus], Mesquite Lizard, Mezquite Graphic Lizard [disparilis], Northern Plateau Graphic Lizard [microlepidotus], Sierra de Tamaulipas Graphic Lizard [tamaulipensis], Tamaulipas Graphic Lizard
- Synonyms
- Sceloporus dispar, Sceloporus disparilis, Sceloporus heterurus, Sceloporus microlepidotus, Sceloporus pilsbryi, Sceloporus rubriventris
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal, Saxicolous
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 81 mm
- Body mass
- max 17.8 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~0.2 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 21 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 3 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Ambush
- Body temperature
- 27.5–35.7 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 0.4–1 years
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutch size
- 2–17 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–1 × per year
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 4V59J · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 18401 · dryad-v5