Mesquite lizard
Sceloporus grammicus Wiegmann, 1828
Status not recordedlizards
The mesquite lizard (Sceloporus grammicus) is a species in the family Phrynosomatidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 5.18 g to 6.1 g and reach 5.37 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the mesquite lizard
- Weight
- 5.18 g – 6.1 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 5.35 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 3 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2 – 17src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 5 months – 12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Live birthsrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the mesquite lizard?
Where does the mesquite lizard live?
Not recorded
Is the mesquite lizard endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the mesquite lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyPhrynosomatidae
- genusSceloporus
- SpeciesSceloporus grammicus Wiegmann, 1828
Synonyms Sceloporus dispar, Sceloporus disparilis, Sceloporus heterurus, Sceloporus microlepidotus, Sceloporus pilsbryi, Sceloporus rubriventris
Other names and names in other languages (18)
- (Northern) mesquite lizardEnglish
- Graphic spiny lizardEnglish
- Mezquite Graphic lizard [disparilis]English
- Northern Plateau Graphic lizard [microlepidotus]English
- Sierra de Tamaulipas Graphic lizard [tamaulipensis]English
- Tamaulipas Graphic lizardEnglish
- Mesquite-tornleguanDanish
- Mesquite-StachelschuppenleguanGerman
- chinteteSpanish
- Lagartija de Arbol de Tamaulipas [tamaulipensis]Spanish
- Lagartija de Arbol del Noreste [disparilis]Spanish
- Lagartija de Arbol del SurSpanish
- Lagartija escamosa de mezquiteSpanish
- Lagartija espinosa del mezquiteSpanish
- Lagartija-escamosa de mezquiteSpanish
- Lagarto de Mesquite [microlepidotus]Spanish
- Lagarto-mesquitaPortuguese
- Линейная колючая игуанаRussian
Relatives of the mesquite lizard
Other species in the same genus Sceloporus.
Blue belly
Sceloporus occidentalis
Fence lizard
Sceloporus undulatus
Emerald swift
Sceloporus malachiticus
Desert spiny lizard
Sceloporus magister
Blue spiny lizard
Sceloporus cyanogenys
Sagebrush lizard
Sceloporus graciosus
CompareMesquite lizard vs Blue bellyMesquite lizard vs Fence lizardMesquite lizard vs Emerald swiftMesquite lizard vs Desert spiny lizard
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the mesquite lizard?
An adult mesquite lizard weighs 5.18 g – 6.1 g and measures 5.35 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the mesquite lizard?
The mesquite lizard (Sceloporus grammicus) belongs to the family Phrynosomatidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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