Spiny lizard

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Spiny Lizards | image = WesternFenceLizard.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Reptilia | ordo = Squamata | familia = Phrynosomatidae | genus = Sceloporus | genus_authority = Wiegmann, 1828 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = many, see text }} The spiny lizards are the genus Sceloporus in the family Phrynosomatidae. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States.

Classification of the genus Sceloporus

Genus Sceloporus