''Sceloporus lineatulus'', the Santa Catalina spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family

Phrynosomatidae The Phrynosomatidae are a diverse family of lizards, sometimes classified as a subfamily (Phrynosomatinae), found from Panama to the extreme south of Canada. Many members of the group are adapted to life in hot, sandy deserts, although the spin ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to Isla Santa Catalina in

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

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Sceloporus Endemic reptiles of Mexico Reptiles described in 1919 Taxa named by Mary Cynthia Dickerson Fauna of Gulf of California islands Endemic fauna of the Baja California Peninsula {{lizard-stub