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Sceloporus malachiticus, commonly known as the emerald swift or the green spiny lizard, is a species of small lizard in the Phrynosomatidae family, native to Central America. This photograph of a S. malachiticus lizard taken in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, was focus-stacked from nine separate images.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp