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Higher TaxaIguanidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Spiny Chuckwalla
S: Iguana Espinosa de Pared 
SynonymSauromalus hispidus STEJNEGER 1891: 409
Sauromalus hispidus — ETHERIDGE 1982
Sauromalus hispidus — LINER 1994
Sauromalus hispidus — HOLLINGSWORTH 1998: 144
Sauromalus hispidus — KÖHLER & ZORN 2014
Sauromalus hispidus — SUMARLI et al. 2023
Sauromalus hispidus — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionMexico (Angel de la Guarda, Smith, Pond, Granite, Mejia, San Lorenzo Norte, San Lorenzo Sur [Gulf of California, Baja California], Sonora)

Type locality: Angel de la Guarda Island, Gulf of California  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM No. 8563 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS. Nuchal scales spiny, the larger ones almost as large as the largest preauricular spines; dorsal scales ending posteriorly in a long, obtuse spine; dorsal scale rows average 16 to a head length; number of ventral scale rows from gular fold to anus averages 118; number of seales around thickest part of tail averages 50; femoral pores 12 to 15; size very large: total length of four specimens averages 540 millimetres. (Stejneger 1891)


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References
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