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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.
Southern desert horned lizard, P. p. calidiarum (Cope, 1896) Northern desert horned lizard, P. p. platyrhinos Girard, 1852; southern Idaho in the north to northern Mexico Guerreran horned lizard: Phrynosoma sherbrookei Nieto-Montes de Oca, Arenas-Moreno, Beltrán-Sánchez & Leaché, 2014: Mexico. Regal horned lizard: Phrynosoma solare Gray, 1845
The desert horned lizard ... and can grow up to approximately 3.75 inches or 95mm in size. [3] ... in the Arizona Upland subdivision is the regal horned lizard ...
A horned lizard can puff up its little round body to make it look twice its normal size and much more intimidating. This is sometimes enough to scare off a predator, or at least make the lizard ...
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.
Also referred to as the horned toad, horny toad and horned frog, the Texas horned lizard has lineage that traces back to dinosaurs. The tiny three-inch-long species joined the threatened list in ...
Coast horned lizard (Phrynosoma coronatum) Pygmy short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglasii) Greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi) Roundtail horned lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) Mexican Plateau horned lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) Desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos) Regal horned lizard (Phrynosoma solare)
With more than 91,000 acres, this national park is home to jackrabbits, javelinas, kangaroo rats, and plenty of desert reptiles like tortoises, iguanas, regal horned lizards, Gila monsters, and ...