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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 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 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.
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 ...
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 ...
Sumatra nose-horned lizard Sumatra: Harpesaurus borneensis (Mertens, 1924) Borneo: Harpesaurus brooksi (Parker, 1924) Sumatra Harpesaurus ensicauda. F. Werner, 1913. Nias nose-horned lizard Nias: Harpesaurus modiglianii. Vinciguerra, 1933 [5] Modigliani's nose-horned lizard Sumatra Harpesaurus tricinctus (A.H.A. Duméril in A.M.C. Duméril & A ...
The regal horned lizard is a small, flat lizard about the size of the palm of a human's hand. It has spikes all around the lateral surface of its body. It is 3–4 in (117 mm) in length from nose to tail as a full adult, and pale grey to yellow-brown or reddish in color, topped with dark blotches alongside the body and back.
The roundtail horned lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) is one of the smaller species of horned lizard. Their specific epithet is from the Latin word modestum , meaning modest or calm. They are found in the United States , in western Texas , New Mexico eastern Arizona , southeastern Colorado and eight states in northcentral Mexico [ 2 ] where they ...