Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus uniformis)

Created: October 25th, 2010 - 10:09 PM
Last Modified: May 26th, 2011 - 06:41 PM Entered by: Robert and Nicholas Hess
Record 56077

Country: United States		State: California	County: Kern County	Time: 2010-10-09 12:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: Rocky desert
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 83.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent	Elevation: 2750.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

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Posted by Jim Bass on Mar 09, 2011 at 07:57 PM

Yup... leave it at desert spiny, till they get it figured out. jim

Posted by Robert and Nicholas Hess on Mar 09, 2011 at 01:56 PM

Thanks, Jim. I changed it to S. magister with no subspecies identified. I think that's what you recommended, right?

Posted by Jim Bass on Mar 09, 2011 at 09:56 AM

in California, S. m. uniformis from the southern Sonoran Deserts becomes S. m. magister - Purple-backed Spiny Lizard, and S. m. uniformis from the Mojave Desert, the Central Valley, the Coast Ranges, and the Great Basin Desert (including Nevada) which includes the former subspecies S. m. transversus, become S. uniformis - Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard. However, their sample size was very small which makes it difficult to determine the ranges of these new species in California.
I'd leave it at S.m.-- Desert Spiny... since uniformis isn't offered.

Posted by Robert and Nicholas Hess on Oct 25, 2010 at 10:13 PM

Not sure about distinction between purple-backed and yellow-backed desert spiny lizard, if that's a valid distinction.