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title: "Black-nosed Lizard"
description: "Sceloporus melanorhinus — Reptilien. Sceloporus melanorhinus, the pastel tree lizard, black-nosed lizard, or southern black-nosed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/black-nosed-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-nosed Lizard

> Sceloporus melanorhinus — Reptilien. Sceloporus melanorhinus, the pastel tree lizard, black-nosed lizard, or southern black-nosed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.

- Scientific name: *Sceloporus melanorhinus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptilien)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1120
- Wikidata: [Q5243947](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5243947)
- iNaturalist taxon: [36222](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36222)

## Names

- en: Black-nosed Lizard
- es: Lagartija espinosa de hocico negro

## Countries with the most observations

MX (793)

## Summary

Sceloporus melanorhinus, the pastel tree lizard, black-nosed lizard, or southern black-nosed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is found in Mexico and Guatemala.

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

## Photo

![Black-nosed Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-nosed-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Drew Baxter · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/344245185

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-nosed-lizard?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).