Naming
The specific name, ''cowlesi'', is in honor of American herpetologist Raymond Bridgman Cowles.References:
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South Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus cowlesi
The southwestern fence lizard, also known as Cowles' prairie lizard, the White Sands prairie lizard or the White Sands swift, is species of spiny lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is native to the Chihuahuan Desert of the southwest United States and north-central Mexico. Originally described in 1956 as ''Sceloporus undulatus cowlesi'', a subspecies of the eastern fence lizard, subsequent DNA studies elevated the southwestern fence lizard to species status.
