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Horned Lizards
Phrynosoma
Horned lizards are a genus (Phrynosoma) of lizards which are the type genus of the subfamily Phrynosomatinae. Historically known as the "horny toad", or "horntoad", taxonomists often hypercorrect the English common name to the vague "horned lizard," which can lead to confusion with other horned lizards, such as the bearded dragon, which belongs to a different family. The common name is a metaphor prompted by the horntoad's flattened, rounded body and blunt snout, which make the...
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 18 known species
Texas Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma cornutum
Greater Short-horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma hernandesi
Blainville's Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma blainvillii
Desert Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma platyrhinos
Mountain Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma orbiculare
Regal Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma solare
Roundtail Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma modestum
Flat-tailed Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma mcallii
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma douglasii
Sonoran Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma goodei
Coast Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma coronatum
Mexican Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma taurus
Giant Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma asio
Short-tail Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma braconnieri
Cedros Island Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma cerroense
Rock Horned Lizard
speciesPhrynosoma ditmarsi
Guerreran horned lizard
speciesPhrynosoma sherbrookei
Phrynosoma ornatissimum
speciesPhrynosoma ornatissimum
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 36299.