---
title: "Blue Spiny Lizard"
description: "Sceloporus cyanogenys — Rettili. Sceloporus cyanogenys, the bluechinned roughscaled lizard or blue spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/blue-spiny-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue Spiny Lizard

> Sceloporus cyanogenys — Rettili. Sceloporus cyanogenys, the bluechinned roughscaled lizard or blue spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.

- Scientific name: *Sceloporus cyanogenys*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2988
- Wikidata: [Q490840](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q490840)
- iNaturalist taxon: [36181](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36181)

## Names

- en: Blue Spiny Lizard
- de: Blauer Stachelleguan
- es: Lagartija espinosa azul

## Countries with the most observations

US (1577), MX (1186)

## Summary

Sceloporus cyanogenys, the bluechinned roughscaled lizard or blue spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is found in Texas in the United States and Mexico.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Rafael Torres · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31384660

## Machine access

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