Sceloporus grammicus

Sceloporus grammicus is a species of lizard from Mexico and the southern United States.

[2] Sceloporus grammicus is a flat-bodied lizard with a tail that is slightly longer than head-body length.

The dorsum is mottled olive or gray and has a pattern consisting of 3–6 dark crossbars.

Males differ from females by having blue patches and black mottling on throat, a dark line on each shoulder, and blue patches on sides of belly, sometimes bordered in black.

[4] There are four recognized subspecies of Sceloporus grammicus including the nominate race:[2]

male S. g. microlepidotus , Mexico
Mesquite lizard (Sceloporus grammicus) ventral view of a male