Rock Horned Lizard

Reptiles > Squamata

The Rock Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma ditmarsi), also known as Ditmars’ horned lizard, is one of the most enigmatic and morphologically peculiar reptiles in North America. Following its initial scientific description in 1906, the species vanished from scientific...

Baja California Legless Lizard

Reptiles > Anniellidae & American Legless Lizards

The Baja California Legless Lizard (Anniella geronimensis) is an exceptionally specialized fossorial squamate endemic strictly to a narrow coastal dune ribbon in northwestern Baja California, Mexico. Belonging to the distinct family Anniellidae, this small, limbless...

Banded Alligator Lizard

Reptiles > Alligator Lizards

The Banded Alligator Lizard (Abronia taeniata), also known as the Bromeliad Arboreal Alligator Lizard, is an exquisite, dragon-like reptile endemic to the misty cloud forests of eastern Mexico’s Sierra Madre Oriental. Resembling a miniature jewel-encrusted...

Mearns’s Rock Lizard

Reptiles > Lizards

The Blue Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) is one of the most stunning, brilliantly colored reptiles in North America. Inhabiting the sun-scorched limestone canyons and thorn scrub of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico, adult males of this large, armored lizard...

Giant Horned Lizard

Reptiles > Lizards

The Giant Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma asio) is the undisputed heavyweight titan of the horned lizard family, being the largest living species in the genus Phrynosoma. Endemic to the Pacific lowlands of southern Mexico and Guatemala, this formidable reptile boasts the...