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The flat-tail horned lizard is named for United States Army Colonel George A. M'Call, [4] who collected the first specimen in California in the 19th century. The species occupies a small range in the Sonoran Desert of southeastern California, southwestern Arizona, and extreme northern Mexico in the Baja California and Sonora states. [2]
Flat-tailed horned lizard (P. mcallii) (9 November 2010) Round-tail horned lizard ( P. modestum ), Municipality of Tula, Tamaulipas, Mexico (15 August 2004) Mountain horned lizard ( P. orbiculare orientale ), Municipality of Miquihuana, Tamaulipas, Mexico (24 September 2009)
Lined flat-tail gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) Uroplatus phantasticus; ... Greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi) Roundtail horned lizard (Phrynosoma modestum)
Coast horned lizard West of Sierra Nevada and deserts, north to the Bay Area, and inland as far north as Shasta Reservoir: Phrynosoma douglasii: Pygmy short-horned lizard Far northeast near Oregon Phrynosoma mcallii: Flat-tail horned lizard Most of Colorado Desert, excluding Algodones Dunes Phrynosoma platyrhinos: Desert horned lizard
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 ...
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
Technically, the TCU mascot is the Texas horned lizard, or Phrynosoma cornutum, and is a reptile. The common name comes from the horns on their heads, which can vary among species. People also ...
The primary species of concern is the flat-tailed horned lizard. Off highway vehicles are limited to signed routes to protect both the flat-tail horned lizard habitat and the archaeological resources including prehistoric campsites and lithic reduction sites along the former edges of Lake Cahuilla , as well as sites representing the use of the ...