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title: "Desert Spiny Lizard"
description: "Sceloporus magister — Reptielen. Sceloporus magister, also known as the desert spiny lizard, is a lizard species of the family Phrynosomatidae, native to the Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert of North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/desert-spiny-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Desert Spiny Lizard

> Sceloporus magister — Reptielen. Sceloporus magister, also known as the desert spiny lizard, is a lizard species of the family Phrynosomatidae,  native to the Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert of North America.

- Scientific name: *Sceloporus magister*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 21540
- iNaturalist taxon: [1673443](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1673443)

## Names

- en: Desert Spiny Lizard
- es: Lagartija espinosa del desierto
- fr: Lézard épineux du désert

## Countries with the most observations

US (19924), MX (332)

## Summary

Sceloporus magister, also known as the desert spiny lizard, is a lizard species of the family Phrynosomatidae,  native to the Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert of North America.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Kimball Garrett · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162592117

## Machine access

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