---
title: "Yellow-spotted Spiny Lizard"
description: "Sceloporus chrysostictus — Reptiles. Sceloporus chrysostictus, the yellow-spotted spiny lizard or Yucatán spiny lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/yellow-spotted-spiny-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-spotted Spiny Lizard

> Sceloporus chrysostictus — Reptiles. Sceloporus chrysostictus, the yellow-spotted spiny lizard or Yucatán spiny lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.

- Scientific name: *Sceloporus chrysostictus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2013
- Wikidata: [Q4893506](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4893506)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73942](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73942)

## Names

- en: Yellow-spotted Spiny Lizard
- es: Lagartija espinosa de puntos amarillos

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1746), BZ (24)

## Summary

Sceloporus chrysostictus, the yellow-spotted spiny lizard or Yucatán spiny lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceloporus_chrysostictus

## Photo

![Yellow-spotted Spiny Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-spotted-spiny-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Allan Harris · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/350320856

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-spotted-spiny-lizard?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).