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title: "Emerald Swift"
description: "Sceloporus malachiticus — Gady. Sceloporus malachiticus, the emerald swift or green spiny lizard, is a species of small lizard in the Phrynosomatidae family, native to Central America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/emerald-swift
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Emerald Swift

> Sceloporus malachiticus — Gady. Sceloporus malachiticus, the emerald swift or green spiny lizard, is a species of small lizard in the Phrynosomatidae family, native to Central America.

- Scientific name: *Sceloporus malachiticus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3212
- Wikidata: [Q1330973](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1330973)
- iNaturalist taxon: [124165](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/124165)

## Names

- en: Emerald Swift
- de: Malachit-Stachelleguan
- es: Lagartija espinosa esmeralda

## Countries with the most observations

CR (2427), SV (223), PA (210), NI (54), GT (8)

## Summary

Sceloporus malachiticus, the emerald swift or green spiny lizard, is a species of small lizard in the Phrynosomatidae family, native to Central America.

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

## Photo

![Emerald Swift](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/emerald-swift/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11494996

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/emerald-swift?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).