Putting Sceloporus into groups
I went and looked at every species of Spiny Lizard. Put them into groups that I think might help classify them and figure out how closely related the species are to each other. The bunchgrass lizards could possibly be split into another group, but this is what I got so far:
Small Temperate/Arid species: (Smaller species found in the US and Northern Mexico)
Prairie Lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus)
Southwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)
Plateau Fence Lizard (Sceloporus tristichus)
Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)
Striped Plateau Lizard (Sceloporus virgatus)
Bell's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus edbelli)
Nelson's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus nelsoni)
Florida Scrub Lizard (Sceloporus woodi)
Cape Arboreal Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus licki)
Shy Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cautus)
Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus arenicolus
Small Tropical species: (Smaller species adapted to humid forests and jungle. Usually green and has a black collar)
Honduran Emerald Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus hondurensis)
Emerald Swift (Sceloporus malachiticus)
Merendon Emerald Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus schmidti)
Lenca Emerald Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus esperanzae)
Bocourt’s Emerald Lizard (Sceloporus smaragdinus)
Bocourt's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus acanthinus) (I have no idea what seperates this species from the one just above)
Guatemalan Emerald Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus taeniocnemis)
Tanner's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus tanneri)
Mexican Emerald Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus formosus)
Sierra Juarez Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cryptus)
Blue-spotted Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cyanostictus)
Green Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus internasalis)
Salvin's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus salvini)
Striated Emerald Lizard (Sceloporus scitulus)
Adler's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus adleri)
Paintbelly Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus subpictus)
Stejneger's Blackcollar Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus stejnegeri)
Sierra Juarez Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cryptus)
Large Temperate/Arid species: (Largest and most robust of the groups. Prefers hotter climates)
Desert Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister)
Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus uniformis)
Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus bimaculosus)
Eastern Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus spinosus)
Horrible Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus horridus)
Granite Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus orcutti)
Hunsaker's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus hunsakeri)
Boulder Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus Pyrocephalus)
Baja California Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus zosteromus)
Cape Arboreal Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus licki)
Santa Catalina Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus lineatulus)
Small Arboreal species: (Smaller species with cryptic black/brown patterning similar to Fence Lizards)
Dorsalkeel Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus heterolepis)
Taylor's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus edwardtaylori)
Shannons’ Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus shannonorum)
Large Arboreal species: (Similar if not a bit smaller in size to the large arid species. Similar patterning as the group above)
Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus)
Clark's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus clarkia)
Black-nosed Lizard (Sceloporus melanorhinus)
Lundell's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus lundelli)
White-bellied Rough Lizard (Sceloporus albiventris)
Asperous Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus asper)
Collared species: (Larger species that have a black and white collar. Most are adapted to areas with large rocks)
Crevice Swift (Sceloporus torquatus)
Crevice Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus poinsettia)
Yarrow's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii)
Blue Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys)
Minor Lizard (Sceloporus minor)
Central Cleft Lizard (Sceloporus mucronatus)
Yucatecan Blue Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus serrifer)
Duges' Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus dugesii)
Southern Crevice Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus aureoles)
Noble Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus oberon)
Buller's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus bulleri)
Ornate Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus ornatus)
Lagoon Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus gadsdeni)
Zempoala Bar-bellied Lizard (Sceloporus sugillatus)
MacDougall's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus macdougalli)
Southern Cleft Lizard (Sceloporus omiltemanus)
Coalcoman Black-collared Lizard (Sceloporus insignis)
Blue Ornate Spiny Lizard Sceloporus caeruleus
(Sceloporus huichol)
(Sceloporus geminus)
Sagebrush Lizards: (Small back scales with proportionally shorter snouts. Limited to higher altitudes)
Common Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus graciosus)
Southern Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus vandenburgianus)
"Small-Scaled Bunchgrass Lizards": (Small scales on the back. Limited to Mexico/Texas)
Rose-bellied Lizard (Sceloporus variabilis)
Smith's Rosebelly Lizard (Sceloporus smithi)
Graphic Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus grammicus)
Anahuacan Bunchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus anahuacus)
Pygmy Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus parvus)
Palacios' Bunchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus palaciosi)
Gadow's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus gadoviae)
Couch's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus couchii)
Lemos-Espinal's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus lemosespinali)
Northern Snub-nosed Lizard (Sceloporus maculosus)
"Bunchgrass Lizards": (Proportionally longer bodies with larger back scales. Typically has striped sides)
Bunch Grass Lizard (Sceloporus scalaris)
Longtail Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus siniferus)
Yellow-spotted Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus chrysostictus)
Antesator (Sceloporus utiformis)
Cozumel Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cozumelae)
Black-bellied Bunchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus aeneus)
Trans Volcanic Bunchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus bicanthalis)
Plateau Bunchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus subniger)
Teapen Rosebelly Lizard (Sceloporus teapensis)
Slevin’s Bunch Grass Lizard (Sceloporus slevini)
Dwarf Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus squamosus)
Dull Cursorial Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus megalepidurus)
Coleman's Bunchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus samcolemani)
Jalapa Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus jalapae)
Brown’s Bunchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus brownorum)
San Gabriel Bunchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus dixoni)
Ochoterena's Lizard (Sceloporus ochoterenae)
Goldman's Bunchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus goldmani)
Southwestern Bunchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus unicanthalis)
Upland Long-tailed Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cupreus)
Chaney’s Bunchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus chaneyi)
Keeled Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus carinatus)
Southern Occidental Bunchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus aurantius)
Queretaran Desert Lizard (Sceloporus exsul)
Sierra de Mascota Bunchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus Hesperus)
Sators: (Almost looks like a side-blotched lizard, but has overlapping scales instead of nodules)
Cerralvo Island Sator (Sceloporus grandaevus)
Santa Cruz Island Sator (Sceloporus angustus)
Unsure:
Canyon Lizard (Sceloporus merriami) (Maybe should be in its own genus?)
Graceful Mountain Tree Lizard (Sceloporus druckercolini) (Need more images)
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