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
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