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title: "Rose-bellied Lizard"
description: "Sceloporus variabilis — Répteis. Sceloporus variabilis, commonly known as the rose-bellied lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/rose-bellied-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rose-bellied Lizard

> Sceloporus variabilis — Répteis. Sceloporus variabilis, commonly known as the rose-bellied lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.

- Scientific name: *Sceloporus variabilis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11693
- Wikidata: [Q5158444](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5158444)
- iNaturalist taxon: [36145](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36145)

## Names

- en: Rose-bellied Lizard
- de: Pinkbauch-Stachelleguan
- es: Lagartija espinosa vientre rosado

## Countries with the most observations

US (5316), MX (3728), CR (724), HN (416), NI (298), GT (49), SV (32), BZ (17)

## Summary

Sceloporus variabilis, commonly known as the rose-bellied lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is found from Central America to southern Texas

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

## Photo

![Rose-bellied Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rose-bellied-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148108434

## Machine access

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