Striped Plateau Lizard
Sceloporus virgatus
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- S. virgatus – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Gary Nafis
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- S. virgatus – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Will Flaxington (naherp.com)
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- S. virgatus – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Tyson Victor (naherp.com)
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- S. virgatus – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Jeff Teel (naherp.com)
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- S. virgatus – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Jeff Teel (naherp.com)
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- S. virgatus – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Brian Hinds (naherp.com)
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Sceloporus virgatus occurs only in the Animas, Chiricahua and Peloncillo Mountains in extreme southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sceloporus virgatus (Smith – 1938)
Genus: Sceloporus, Greek – skelos = leg + porus = pore or opening – ref. femoral pores on hind legs
Species: virgatus, Latin = striped — pres. ref. to the longitudinal body stripes
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962