Sceloporus adleri, also known commonly as Adler's spiny lizard and el chintete rayado in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
Etymology The specific name, adleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Kraig Kerr Adler.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Sceloporus adleri, p. 2).
Geographic range S. adleri is found in the Mexican state of Guerrero.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of S. adleri is limestone outcrops in forest, but it has also been found on rocks in traditional maize fields.
Reproduction S. adleri is viviparous.
Taxonomy S. adleri is a member of the S. formosus species group.
References
Further reading Heimes P (2022). Lizards of Mexico. Part 1. Iguanian Lizards. Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. 2. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chiamara. 448 pp. . López-Alcaide, Sául; Nakamura, Miguel; Macip-Ríos, Rodrigo; Martínez-Meyer, Enrique (2014). "Does behavioural thermoregulation help pregnant Sceloporus adleri lizards in dealing with fast environmental temperature rise?" Herpetological Journal 24 (1): 41–47. Smith HM, Savitzky AH (1974). "Another Cryptic Associate of the Lizard Sceloporus formosus in Guerrero, Mexico". Journal of Herpetology 8 (4): 297–303. (Sceloporus adleri, new species).