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Coast horned lizard Phrynosoma douglasii: Pygmy short-horned lizard Phrynosoma mcallii: Flat-tail horned lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos: Desert horned lizard Sceloporus graciosus: Common sagebrush lizard Sceloporus magister: Desert spiny lizard Sceloporus occidentalis: Western fence lizard Sceloporus orcutti: Granite spiny lizard Sceloporus ...
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]
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.
Texas officially adopted the horny toad as the official state reptile in 1993. Texas horned lizards range from the south-central United States to northern Mexico, throughout much of Texas ...
The District of Columbia lacks a state reptile although it does have an official tree, flower, bird, [92] fish, [93] amphipod, [94] and bat, [95] and an amphibian is under consideration. [96] None of the organized territories of the United States have state reptiles, although all four have designated official flowers. [97] [98] [99] [100]
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.
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 ...