Dunes sagebrush lizard

Sceloporus arenicolus · Wherever found · ECOS entity 3064

In plain words

Federal ESA status Under Review

The Dunes sagebrush lizard is under review after a petitionpetition: A written request, from anyone, asking the agency to list or delist a species.. It is not listed. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. No upcoming date is on the record.

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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.

Timeline for Dunes sagebrush lizard
StepStatutory dateWorkplan or court-ordered datePublished (Federal Register)
90-day finding90-day finding: The agency's first answer to a petition, saying whether it is worth a full review.
Statutory date September 4, 2002 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A) Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Statutory date July 8, 2008 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A) Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Statutory date August 30, 2018 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A) Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026
12-month finding12-month finding: The agency's answer after a full review: should the species be listed or not? None set
Planned for fiscal year 2028 in the National Listing Workplan of July 28, 2026. Workplan row 187
Marked court-ordered, date not stated (National Listing Workplan, version 2026-07-28). Workplan row 187
Not published as of October 24, 2026

Petitions

  • “█████████ dune lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) as endangered”: petition date (closed). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
  • “████████████ dune (Sceloporus arenicolus); Emergency list”: petition date (closed). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
  • “Petition to ████ the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard as a Threatened or Endangered Species and ██████████████████████████”: petition date (closed). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.

Identifiers and sources

This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/3064
ECOS
Species profile 6631
Range states
NM, TX