Sceloporus scalaris
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Sceloporus scalaris, the light-bellied bunch grass lizard, is a species of small, phrynosomatid lizard. Currently, Sceloporus scalaris belongs in the scalaris group with a fluctuating number of other species. In 2010, Wiens et al. recognized the following species: Sceloporus aeneus, S. bicanthalis, S.chaneyi, S.goldmani, S. scalaris, and S. subniger while others such as Bryson et al. 2011 recognize: Sceloporus aeneus, S. bicanthalis, S.chaneyi, S.goldmani, S. samcolemani, S. scalaris, and S. slevini
S. scalaris is widely distributed in Mexico, expanding northward from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt to the southern United States of Arizona and New Mexico. The species is typically found in high elevation grasslands (1500 – 3000 m).
Bunch grass lizards are typically grey in color, often with orange and yellow coloration around the neck and behind the forelimbs. Males will have more of this vibrant coloration on their underside while female undersides tend to be white. Adults range from 52–62 mm snout-to-vent length (Ortega and Barbault, 1986).
Many species of Sceloporus are ovoviviparous including the scalaris species... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Bunch Grass Lizard sighting in Mexico City on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 30th most-seen of the 37 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bunch Grass Lizard in Mexico City on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and August–March, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bunch Grass Lizard sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Mexico City, in our data
Mexico City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bunch Grass Lizard sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Sceloporus
The closest relatives of the Bunch Grass Lizard that you can see in Mexico City (genus Sceloporus, Spiny Lizards) are Graphic Spiny Lizard (about 30%), Crevice Swift (about 20%) and Eastern Spiny Lizard (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bunch Grass Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Mexico City (16 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
