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The Desert Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos), affectionately known in western desert folklore as the ‘Horny Toad,’ is an extraordinary, heavily armored phrynosomatid reptile native to the arid desert basins and sagebrush valleys of western North...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Desert Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister) is an imposing, heavily armored phrynosomatid reptile native to the arid desert regions and riparian canyons of the North American Southwest and Mexico. Instantly distinguished by its large, pointed, keeled scales that...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Zebra-tailed Lizard (Callisaurus draconoides) is one of the fastest, most acrobatic, and behaviorally fascinating desert reptiles in North America, belonging to the family Phrynosomatidae. Inhabiting the blistering, sun-baked sandy washes and dry alluvial flats of...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) is a robust, highly arboreal phrynosomatid lizard endemic to the south-central United States and northeastern Mexico. With heavily keeled, pointed scales that create an extraordinarily spiny appearance, this agile climber...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis), universally known throughout the American West by the affectionate vernacular moniker ‘blue-belly’, is one of the most familiar, charismatic, and abundant squamates native to the Pacific coast and Great...
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