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Texas designated the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) as the official state reptile in 1993. [12] Wyoming’s state reptile is the “Horn Toad”, the greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi). [13] [14] The "TCU Horned Frog" is the mascot of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The "Horned Toad" is also the ...
The Phrynosomatidae are a diverse family of lizards, sometimes classified as a subfamily (Phrynosomatinae), found from Panama to the extreme south of Canada.Many members of the group are adapted to life in hot, sandy deserts, although the spiny lizards prefer rocky deserts or even relatively moist forest edges, and the short-horned lizard lives in prairie or sagebrush environments.
Ceratophora erdeleni, also known commonly as Erdelen's horned lizard or Erdelen's horn lizard, [3] is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka . [ 4 ] It has only a rudimentary "horn", that is occasionally missing altogether.
The Mexican Plateau horned lizard [4] (Phrynosoma orbiculare) is a species of horned lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. [2] The species, also known commonly as the Chihuahua Desert horned lizard, [5] is endemic to Mexico. There are five recognized subspecies. The specific epithet, orbiculare, comes from the Latin adjective orbis, meaning ...
The flat-tailed horned lizard occurs in areas of fine sand, while the short-horned lizard (P. douglasii) is found in shortgrass prairie all the way up into spruce-fir forest. The most common species in the Arizona Upland subdivision is the regal horned lizard ( P. solare ), which frequents rocky or gravelly habitats of arid to semiarid plains ...
The greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi), also commonly known as the mountain short-horned lizard or Hernández's short-horned lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is endemic to western North America. Like other horned lizards, it is often called a "horned toad" or "horny toad", but it is not ...
rhino-horned lizard, Stoddart's unicorn lizard, the mountain horned agama: Sri Lanka. Ceratophora tennentii Günther, 1861: rhinoceros agama, horn-nosed lizard, leaf-nosed lizard, Tennent's leaf-nosed lizard: Sri Lanka. Ceratophora ukuwelai Karunarathna, Poyarkov, Amarasinghe, Surasinghe, Bushuev, Madawala, Gorin, & De Silva, 2020: Ukuwelas's ...
It is the largest horned lizard and is also the most slender (it has a more typical lizard-like appearance). It is able to survive in the desert. The spines on its back and sides are made from modified scales, whereas the horns on its head are true horns (i.e., they have a bony core).