 It is sometimes referred to as the prairie lizard, fence swift, gray lizard, northern fence lizard or pine lizard.It is also referred to colloquially as the horn-billed lizard.The generic name, "Sceloporus", is derived from the Greek "skelos"/σκελος, meaning "leg", and the Latin "porus", meaning "hole", referring to the enlarged femoral pores found in this genus of lizards.