What species of Sceloporus is this ??

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What species of Sceloporus is this ??

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Found in high grassland/sandy soil at around 4100', eastern AZ. If it was in the mountains I'd call it a young Yarrows and be done with it...but it wasn't in the mountains. Clark's perhaps? - but the collar looked too complete, and not much banding on the front legs.

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can't help on ID... but THAT'S a cool-looking Spiny... :thumb:
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bimaculatus?
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Owen wrote:bimaculatus?
+1

Spelling's bimaculosus, though.
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That's gotta be it! Thanks gents. For whatever reason, that taxon is not listed in my Holycross/Brennan AZ field guide.
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Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:
Owen wrote:bimaculatus?
+1

Spelling's bimaculosus, though.
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no Owen... this is a doh
http://www.batguys.com/wildlife/update_ ... 14.JPG.jpg

fawny stuff... :crazyeyes: :lol: :lol:
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Nevermind, I have been corrected about this...I guess it IS a twin-spot... :roll:
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Looks like a bimaculosus, but I think you said it was a young one. Some more info would help, like a pic of the dorsal pattern and maybe a locale, like county at least. I think magister is the only other possibility.

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Thank you Brian and Terry for all the great input! Sounds like we're all in agreement - it's bimaculosus. I'll enter it into the database as such. :beer:
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Now i gotta go find one of those also...grumble, grumble...
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Nice find Kent. Here is a juvenile (YOY) I found in Cochise Co. in a known bimaculosus locality this year...
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I like your note of "high grassland" locale. I believe bimaculosus favors this habitat type in Chihuahuan desert grassland. Interestingly, Monty Wilkinson and I are working on a similar problem for a Scelop from the Catalinas. If it turns out to be a "bimac," it would be a county record for Pima Co. in the database.

Love range extensions and other novel records.... :beer:
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