Sceloporus cautus

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal |author=Mendoza-Quijano, F. | title = Sceloporus cautus | journal = IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume= 2007 | page = e.T64092A12737015 | year = 2007 | url = https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64092/12737015 }}

| taxon = Sceloporus cautus

| authority = H.M. Smith, 1938

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Sceloporus cautus, the shy spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.{{NRDB species|genus=Sceloporus |species=cautus |accessdate=10 November 2021}} It is endemic to Mexico.