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In Southern California, the San Diego horned lizard's reproductive period ranges from early March to June. [10] Each year the female Blainville's horned lizard can lay about 6-21 eggs in a year. A few months after they are laid in August-September they begin to hatch. The females will lay their eggs in the Santa Monica and Simi Hills area. [11]
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 coast horned lizard appears rough and spiky but is actually smooth-skinned, although it has sharp spikes along its sides, back and head. It is a large species, and can reach 10 cm (4 inches) excluding the tail. It is less rounded than other horned lizards.
Desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos) Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) LC and: [n 2] Blainville's horned lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii) Short-horned lizards (Phrynosoma douglasii species complex): [11] Pygmy short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglasii) LC; Species treated by SSAR as subspecies [3] of the greater short-horned ...
Horned lizards also do not survive well in captivity and are not good pets. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Dallas Zoo and Caldwell Zoo hatch 90 threatened horned ...
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 ...
An invasive type of lizard the size of a dog has been spotted in parts of South Carolina. Here’s where and what to know about the creature.
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.