Slevin's bunchgrass lizard (Sceloporus slevini) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is indigenous to the southwestern United States and adjacent northern Mexico.
Taxonomy and etymology Described in 1937 by Hobart M. Smith, the species was named after the collector of the holotype specimen, Joseph R. Slevin. (Sceloporus scalaris slevini, new subspecies).
Geographic range In the United States, S. slevini is found in southeastern Arizona. In Mexico, it is found in Chihuahua, northern Durango, northeastern Sinaloa, and eastern Sonora.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of S. slevini are grassland and forest.
Description Adults of S. slevinii have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . The rows of lateral scales on the sides of the body are parallel to the rows of dorsal scales. The rows of femoral pores are separated at the midline by not more than two scales.Stebbins RC (2003). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. xiii + 533 pp., 56 color plates. (Sceloporus slevini, pp. 283–284 + Plate 30 + Map 94).
Reproduction S. slevini is oviparous.
References
Further reading Jones LLC, Lovich RE (editors)(2009). Lizards of the American Southwest: A Photographic Field Guide. Tucson, Arizona: Rio Nuevo Publishers. 568 pp. . (Sceloporus slevini, pp. 513–514). Tanner WW (1987). "Lizards and Turtles of Western Chihuahua". Great Basin Naturalist 47: 383–421. (Sceloporus slevini, new status, pp. 400–401).