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Sceloporus anahuacus LARA-GONGORA, 1983

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Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Anahuacan Bunchgrass Lizard, Anahuacan Graphic Lizard
S: Arboricola del Valle de Anahuac 
SynonymSceloporus anahuacus LARA-GONGORA 1983
Sceloporus anahuacus — LINER 1994
Sceloporus anahuacus — SMITH & LEMOS-ESPINAL 2005
Sceloporus anahuacus — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Sceloporus anahuacus — SÁNCHEZ-RIVERA et al. 2022
Sceloporus anahuacus — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionC Mexico (Distrito Federal)

Type locality: Cerro del Coyote, Monte Alegre, Sierra del Ajusco, Distrito Federal, Mexico.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MZFC 044, collected by G. Lara-Góngora, O. Sánchez-Herrera, and O. Flores-Villela, at 3400 m. Flores-Villela et al. (1991) gave 862 as the number
of the holotype, and that number is correct (Flores-Villela, pers. comm.). 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: Formerly considered as S. grammicus.

Status: Although Sites et al. (1988) suggested that this species is not valid, Flores-Villela (1993), and others, maintain it.

Distribution: for a map of localities see Vargas-Jaimes et al. 2025: Fig. 1.

Karyotype: This is one of 3 Sceloporus sister species pairs that do not share a karyotype: S. gadoviae and S. maculosus, S. zosteromus and S. lineatulus and S. anahuacus and S. palaciosi (Krone & Westeen 2025). 
EtymologyNamed after the word anahuacus is Latinized from the Nahuatl word anahuac, and refers to the high montains bordering the southern portion of the Meseta del Anahuac. 
References
  • Ávila-Bocanegra, Luis E., Geoffrey R. Smith, Guillermo A. Woolrich-Piña and Julio A. Lemos-Espinal 2012. Body temperatures of Sceloporus anahuacus from a montane zone of northeastern Estado de México, Mexico. Herpetological Bulletin (121) - get paper here
  • Güizado-Rodríguez, Martha Anahí, Uri Omar García-Vázquez, Israel Solano-Zavaleta, Rolando Jonathan Maceda-Cruz & Christopher Duifhuis-Rivera. 2022. Intra-population variation of body temperature of the lizard Sceloporus anahuacus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) in Sierra del Ajusco, Mexico. Acta Zoologica MEXICANA (N.S.) 38(1): 1–12. - get paper here
  • Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Köhler, G. & Heimes, P. 2002. Stachelleguane. Herpeton-Verlag (Offenbach), 174 pp.
  • Krone, I. W., and E. P. Westeen 2025. Does Karyotype Structure Co-Occurrence Patterns in a Chromosomally Diverse and Species-Rich Clade of Lizards (Genus Sceloporus)?. Journal of Biogeography e70077 - get paper here
  • Lara-Gongora G 1983. Two new species of the lizard genus Sceloporus (Reptilia, Sauria, Iguanidae) from the Ajusco and Ocuilan Sierras, Mexico. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 19 (1) 1983: 1-14 - get paper here
  • Lara-Góngoro, Guillermo 2004. A new species of Sceloporus (Reptilia, Sauria: Phrynosomatidae) of the grammicus complex from Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 40(1): 1-41 - get paper here
  • Lara-Resendiz, Rafael A. and Uri Omar García-Vázquez. 2013. Sceloporus anahuacus (Anahuacan graphic lizard) selected body temperature. Herpetological Review 44 (4): 682-683 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR 2020. A conservation checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of the State of Mexico, Mexico with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 953: 137-159 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR 2020. A conservation checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Mexico City, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 951: 109-131 - get paper here
  • Sánchez-Rivera UÁ, Medrano A, Cruz-Cano NB, Alcántar-Rodríguez A, Dávila-Govantes R, Castro-Camacho YJ, Martínez-Torres M 2022. Implementation of a method for sperm cryopreservation in sceloporine lizards. Conserv Physiol 10(1): coac068; - get paper here
  • Sites, J.W. et al. 1988. nan Herpetologica 44: 297-307 - get paper here
  • Sites,J.W. & Davis 1989. Phylogenetic Relationships and Molecular Variability Within and Among six Chromosome Races of Sceloporus grammicus (Sauria, Iguanidae), Based on Nuclear and Mitochondrial Markers. Evolution 43: 296-317 - get paper here
  • Smith, G.R. & Lemos-Espinal, J.A. 2005. Comparative escape behavior of four species of Mexican Phrynosomatid Lizards. Herpetologica 61 (3): 225-232 - get paper here
  • Vargas-Jaimes J, Manjarrez J, Ramírez-Corona F, Woolrich-Piña GA, González-Pedroza MG, Estrada-Zúñiga ME, Rangel-Patiño CA, Venegas-Barrera CS, Nieto-Trujillo A, Vazquez-Marquez AM, Guido-Patiño JC, Sunny A 2025. Assessment of the vulnerability of Spiny Lizards in Central Mexico under anthropogenic pressure: integrating habitat suitability, landscape connectivity, fragmentation and protected area coverage. Nature Conservation 59: 351-386 - get paper here
 
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