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title: "Cope's Largescale Spiny Lizard"
description: "Sceloporus utiformis — Gady. Sceloporus utiformis, Cope's largescale spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/cope-s-largescale-spiny-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cope's Largescale Spiny Lizard

> Sceloporus utiformis — Gady. Sceloporus utiformis,  Cope's largescale spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.

- Scientific name: *Sceloporus utiformis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 958
- Wikidata: [Q5314278](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5314278)
- iNaturalist taxon: [36158](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36158)

## Names

- en: Cope's Largescale Spiny Lizard
- es: Lagartija espinosa del Pacífico

## Countries with the most observations

MX (771)

## Summary

Sceloporus utiformis,  Cope's largescale spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is endemic to Mexico.

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

## Photo

![Cope's Largescale Spiny Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cope-s-largescale-spiny-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Oscar Gonzalez Diaz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68285143

## Machine access

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