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{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Yellow-backed spiny lizard
| image = Sceloporus uniformis (1 of 1).jpg
| image_width = 250px
| taxon = Sceloporus uniformis
| authority = Phelan & Brattstrom, 1955
| synonyms = '''''Sceloporus magister uniformis'''''
}}
 
'''''Sceloporus uniformis''''', also known as the '''yellow-backed spiny lizard''', is a reptile of the subfamilyfamily [[PhrynosomatinaePhrynosomatidae]]. It is native to the Mojave and Great Basin deserts. Until recently, it was considered to be a subspecies of ''[[Sceloporus magister]]''.
 
==Taxonomy==
''Sceloporus uniformis'' was originally described as a [[subspecies]] of ''[[Sceloporus magister]]'' in 1955.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Phelan|first1= Robert L.|last2=Brattstrom|first2= Baynard H.|year= 1955|title=Geographic variation in ''Sceloporus magister''|journal= Herpetologica|volume=11|number=1|pages=1–14|jstor=3889392}}</ref> In 2006, genetic analysis revealed that ''S. uniformis'' is sufficiently distinct to merit classification as its own species.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Schulte|first1=James A.|last2=Macey|first2=J. Robert|last3=Papenfuss|first3=Theodore J.|title=A genetic perspective on the geographic association of taxa among arid North American lizards of the Sceloporus magister complex (Squamata: Iguanidae: Phrynosomatinae)|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|date=2006|volume=39|issue=3|pages=873–880|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.033|url=http://people.clarkson.edu/~jschulte/Schulte_Lab_at_Clarkson_University/Publications_files/Schulteetal06MPE.pdf|pmid=16580231|bibcode=2006MolPE..39..873S |s2cid=46284863 }}</ref>
 
==Description==
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==Range, habitat, and diet==
[[File:Sceloporus uniformis (Breeding female).jpg|left|thumb|Sceloporus uniformis (breeding female). Inyo County, CA. |189x189px]]
[[File:OVRO 40m telescope 03.jpg|thumb|right|On the [[OVRO 40 meter Telescope]]]]
This lizard is native to the Mojave and Great Basin deserts. It is endemic to the United States, and can be found in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3160/0038-3872-111.1.25|title = Reproduction of the Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard, ''Sceloporus uniformis'' (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from California|last = Goldberg|first = Stephen|date = 2012|journal = Bulletin, Southern California Academy of Sciences|doi = 10.3160/0038-3872-111.1.25|pmid = |access-date = 26 August 2015|volume=111|pages=25–28| s2cid=85234938 }}</ref> ''S. uniformis'' can be found living in desert flats, semiarid plains, low mountain slopes, and riparian woods.<ref name="CalHerps">{{Cite web|title = Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard - ''Sceloporus uniformis''|url = http://www.californiaherps.com/lizards/pages/s.uniformis.html|website = www.californiaherps.com|accessdateaccess-date = 2015-08-26|last = Nafis}}</ref>
 
Although ''S. uniformis'' is primarily [[Ambush predator|an ambush predator]], on occasion it will actively forage. This species will eat a variety of small invertebrates and their larvae including ants, beetles, grasshoppers, spiders, centipedes, and caterpillars. Occasionally, small lizards, nestling birds, leaves, flowers and berries are also consumed.<ref name="CalHerps" />
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==Behavior==
Like many desert species, ''S. uniformis'' basks in the morning on rocks or any hard surface that is in direct sunlight. It will seek shelter, usually underground in burrows, during the hottest part of the day in the summertime. It hibernates in late fall and during the cold months of winter before re-emerging in spring.<ref name="CalHerps" />
 
==References==
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[[Category:Phrynosomatids]]
 
[[Category:PhrynosomatidsSceloporus]]
[[Category:Fauna of the Mojave Desert]]
[[Category:Fauna of the Southwestern United States]]]
[[Category:ReptilesEndemic reptiles of the United States]]
[[Category:EndemicReptiles faunadescribed ofin the United States1955]]