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Sceloporus chrysostictus COPE, 1866

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Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Yellow-spotted Spiny Lizard
S: Lagartija Escamosa 
SynonymSceloporus chrysostictus COPE 1866: 125
Sceloporus chrysostictus — BOULENGER 1885: 235
Sceloporus variabilis BARBOUR & COLE 1906 (part. fide SMITH 1939)
Sceloporus chrysostictus — GAIGE 1936: 296
Sceloporus chrysostictus — SMITH 1939: 295
Sceloporus chrysostictus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 132
Sceloporus chrysostictus — LINER 1994
Sceloporus chrysostictus — KÖHLER 2000: 85
Sceloporus chrysostictus — WIENS et a. 2010
Sceloporus chrysostictus — SOLIS-ZURITA et al. 2019
Sceloporus chrysostictus — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionMexico (Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo), Guatemala (El Peten), N Belize

Type locality: Yucatan. Restricted to Chichen Itzá by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: USNM 24865, 24866 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Smith 1939: 295


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CommentDistribution: Not in Nuevo León fide Nevárez-de los Reyes et al. 2016. 
EtymologyThe Greek chrysos, "gold," and sticto-, "spot," refer to the "golden spangles" on the sides. 
References
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