Sceloporus cryptus

Sceloporus cryptus, the Sierra Juarez spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.^[2] It is endemic to Mexico, where it inhabits drier portions of the Sierra Juárez of northeastern Oaxaca, between 1,800 and 2,500 meters elevation.^[1][2]

Sceloporus cryptus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Phrynosomatidae
Genus:	Sceloporus
Species:	S. cryptus
Binomial name
Sceloporus cryptus H.M. Smith & Lynch, 1967