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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.
California horned lizard, P. c. frontale Van Denburgh, 1894; Central peninsular horned lizard, P. c. jamesi Schmidt, 1922; Mexico (Baja California Sur ) San Luis Valley short-horned lizard: Phrynosoma diminutum Montanucci, 2015 (disputed; may be conspecific with P. hernandesi) United States (Colorado) Ditmars' horned lizard or rock horned lizard
California red-legged frog Rana draytonii: 2014 [2] Animal: California grizzly bear Ursus arctos californicus: 1958 Bat: Pallid bat. Antrozous pallidus. 2024 [3] Bird: California quail Callipepla californica: 1931 [4] Colors: Blue and gold Blue represents the sky, and gold represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the ...
The pallid bat will be added to the California State Library’s list of the state’s official symbols in 2024, joining the California gray whale and extinct California grizzly bear.
The first state reptile: Oklahoma's common collared lizard. Twenty-eight U.S. states have named an official state reptile. As with other state symbols, states compare admirable aspects of the reptile and of the state, within designating statutes. Schoolchildren often start campaigns promoting their favorite reptile to encourage state ...
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.
The desert horned lizard (P. platyrhinos) is found mostly in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts. It can be found in southeastern Oregon, California, western Arizona Utah, Idaho and Nevada. Outside of the United States it is found in Mexico, northwestern Sonora, and northeastern Baja California. [ 5] They have a preference for places that they can ...
The greater short-horned lizard ranges in size from 2 to 5 inches (5.1 to 12.7 cm) in snout-to-vent length (SVL) and is a flat-bodied, squat lizard with scales around the top of the head, normally called a "crown". [ 5] It has a snub-nosed profile and short legs. The trunk is fringed by one row of pointed scales, while the belly scales are smooth.