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Southern Occidental Bunchgrass Lizard

Sceloporus aurantius

Classification

Sceloporus aurantius, the southern occidental bunchgrass lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard native to Mexico. It was discovered by University of Washington biologists in May 2014 upon isolating gene pools from those of Sceloporus brownorum. Description This bunchgrass lizard was mistakenly categorized as a subspecies of Sceloporus brownorum, but features different morphological characteristics, most notably, the lack of blue belly patches in males.

Distribution

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