# Sceloporus

Sceloporus és un gènere de sauròpsids escatosos de la família Phrynosomatidae coneguts com a 'sargantanes espinoses. El seu principal característica és posseir escates carenades en la part dorsal.
Són d'hàbits diürns i la seva alimentació és principalment insectívora. Són comuns als Estats Units i Mèxic, encara que es distribueixen des del Canadà fins a Centreamèrica.

## Taxonomia

El gènere Sceloporus conté 106 espècies:
* Sceloporus acanthinus Bocourt, 1873
* Sceloporus adleri Smith & Savitzky, 1974
* Sceloporus aeneus Wiegmann, 1828
* Sceloporus albiventris Smith, 1939
* Sceloporus anahuacus Lara-Góngora, 1983
* Sceloporus angustus (Dickerson, 1919)
* Sceloporus arenicolus Degenhardt & Jones, 1972
* Sceloporus asper Boulenger, 1897
* Sceloporus aurantius Grummer & Bryson, 2014
* Sceloporus aureolus Smith, 1942
* Sceloporus becki Van Denburgh, 1905
* Sceloporus bicanthalis Smith, 1937
* Sceloporus bimaculosus Phelan & Brattstrom, 1955
* Sceloporus brownorum Smith et al., 1997
* Sceloporus bulleri Boulenger, 1894
* Sceloporus caeruleus Smith, 1936
* Sceloporus carinatus Smith, 1936
* Sceloporus cautus Smith, 1938
* Sceloporus chaneyi Liner & Dixon, 1992
* Sceloporus chrysostictus Cope, 1866
* Sceloporus clarkii Baird & Girard, 1852
* Sceloporus consobrinus Baird & Girard, 1853
* Sceloporus couchii Baird, 1859
* Sceloporus cowlesi Lowe & Norris, 1956
* Sceloporus cozumelae Jones, 1927
* Sceloporus cryptus Smith & Lynch, 1967
* Sceloporus cupreus Bocourt, 1873
* Sceloporus cyanogenys Cope, 1885
* Sceloporus cyanostictus Axtell & Axtell, 1971
* Sceloporus druckercolini Perez & Saldana, 2008
* Sceloporus dugesii Bocourt, 1873
* Sceloporus edbelli Smith et al. 2003
* Sceloporus edwardtaylori Smith, 1936
* Sceloporus esperanzae McCranie, 2018
* Sceloporus exsul Dixon et al., 1972
* Sceloporus formosus Wiegmann, 1834
* Sceloporus gadoviae Boulenger, 1905
* Sceloporus gadsdeni Castañeda et.al., 2017
* Sceloporus goldmani Smith, 1937
* Sceloporus graciosus Baird & Girard, 1852
* Sceloporus grammicus Wiegmann, 1828
* Sceloporus grandaevus (Dickerson, 1919)
* Sceloporus halli Dasmann & Smith, 1974
* Sceloporus heterolepis Boulenger, 1894
* Sceloporus hondurensis Mccranie, 2018
* Sceloporus horridus Wiegmann, 1834
* Sceloporus hunsakeri Hall & Smith, 1979
* Sceloporus insignis Webb, 1967
* Sceloporus internasalis Smith & Bumzahem, 1955
* Sceloporus jalapae Günther, 1890
* Sceloporus jarrovii Cope, 1875
* Sceloporus lemosespinali Lara-Góngora, 2004
* Sceloporus licki Van Denburgh, 1895
* Sceloporus lineatulus Dickerson, 1919
* Sceloporus lunae Bocourt, 1873
* Sceloporus lundelli Smith, 1939
* Sceloporus macdougalli Smith & Bumzahem, 1953
* Sceloporus maculosus Smith, 1934
* Sceloporus magister Hallowell, 1854
* Sceloporus malachiticus Cope, 1864
* Sceloporus megalepidurus Smith, 1934
* Sceloporus melanorhinus Bocourt, 1876
* Sceloporus merriami Stejneger, 1904
* Sceloporus minor Cope, 1885
* Sceloporus mucronatus Cope, 1885
* Sceloporus nelsoni Cochran, 1923
* Sceloporus oberon Smith & Brown, 1941
* Sceloporus occidentalis Baird & Girard, 1852
* Sceloporus ochoterenae Smith, 1934
* Sceloporus olivaceus Smith, 1934
* Sceloporus omiltemanus Günther, 1890
* Sceloporus orcutti Stejneger, 1893
* Sceloporus ornatus Baird, 1859
* Sceloporus palaciosi Lara-Góngora, 1983
* Sceloporus parvus Smith, 1934
* Sceloporus poinsettii Baird & Girard, 1852
* Sceloporus pyrocephalus Cope, 1864
* Sceloporus salvini Günther, 1890
* Sceloporus samcolemani Smith & Hall, 1974
* Sceloporus scalaris Wiegmann, 1828
* Sceloporus schmidti Jones, 1927
* Sceloporus serrifer Cope, 1866
* Sceloporus shannonorum Langebartel, 1959
* Sceloporus siniferus Cope, 1870
* Sceloporus slevini Smith, 1937
* Sceloporus smaragdinus Bocourt, 1873
* Sceloporus smithi Hartweg & Oliver, 1937
* Sceloporus spinosus Wiegmann, 1828
* Sceloporus squamosus Bocourt, 1874
* Sceloporus stejnegeri Smith, 1942
* Sceloporus subniger Poglayen & Smith, 1958
* Sceloporus subpictus Lynch & Smith, 1965
* Sceloporus sugillatus Smith, 1942
* Sceloporus taeniocnemis Cope, 1885
* Sceloporus tanneri Smith & Larsen, 1975
* Sceloporus teapensis Günther, 1890
* Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828
* Sceloporus tristichus (Cope, 1875)
* Sceloporus undulatus (Bosc & Daudin, 1801)
* Sceloporus unicanthalis Smith, 1937
* Sceloporus uniformis Phelan & Brattstrom, 1955
* Sceloporus utiformis Cope, 1864
* Sceloporus variabilis Wiegmann, 1834
* Sceloporus virgatus Smith, 1938
* Sceloporus woodi Stejneger, 1918
* Sceloporus zosteromus Cope, 1863

## Referències

* ↑ «Sceloporus». Reptile Database. Reptarium. [Consulta: 5 febrer 2014].