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title: "Common Sagebrush Lizard"
description: "Sceloporus graciosus — Rettili. The sagebrush lizard or sagebrush swift (Sceloporus graciosus) is a common species of phrynosomatid lizard found at mid to high altitudes in the western United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-sagebrush-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Sagebrush Lizard

> Sceloporus graciosus — Rettili. The sagebrush lizard or sagebrush swift (Sceloporus graciosus)  is a common species of phrynosomatid lizard found at mid to high altitudes in the western United States.

- Scientific name: *Sceloporus graciosus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 12129
- Wikidata: [Q943049](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q943049)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55960](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55960)

## Names

- en: Common Sagebrush Lizard
- de: Beifuß-Stachelleguan
- es: Lagartija espinosa de pastizal
- fr: Lézard du Sagebrush

## Countries with the most observations

US (11164)

## Summary

The sagebrush lizard or sagebrush swift (Sceloporus graciosus)  is a common species of phrynosomatid lizard found at mid to high altitudes in the western United States.  It belongs to the genus Sceloporus (spiny lizards) in the Phrynosomatidae family of reptiles.  Named after the sagebrush plants near which it is commonly found, the sagebrush lizard has keeled and spiny scales running along its dorsal surface.
The sagebrush lizard is similar to the western fence lizard, another Sceloporus species found in the western US.  The sagebrush lizard can be distinguished from the western fence lizard in that the former is…

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

## Photo

![Common Sagebrush Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-sagebrush-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/387761219

## Machine access

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