DFW HERPS

Sceloporus olivaceus

Texas Spiny Lizard

 
     

TEXAS SPINY LIZARD Sceloporus olivaceus Smith, 1934   

STATUS:  Common

DOCUMENTED COUNTIES:  Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise

HABITAT:  Eastern Cross Timbers, Western Cross Timbers, Grand Prairie, Fort Worth Prairie, Blackland Prairie, Trinity River Bottoms in Western part of the Metroplex, Brazos River Bottoms, and Rolling Plains