Yarrow’s Spiney Lizard
Sceloporus jarrovii
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- S. jarrovii – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Diego Ortiz
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- S. jarrovii – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- S. jarrovii – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- S. jarrovii – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Pearl Brock
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- S. jarrovii – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Jeff Nordland
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- S. jarrovii – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- S. jarrovii – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- S. jarrovii – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Sceloporus jarrovii occurs in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sceloporus grammicus microlepidotus (Cope – 1875)
Genus: Sceloporus, Greek – skelos = leg + porus = pore or opening – ref. femoral pores on hind legs
Species: jarrovii, honors Henry C. Yarrow
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962