Short-tailed horned lizard
Short-tailed horned lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
Genus: | Phrynosoma |
Species: | P. braconnieri
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Binomial name | |
Phrynosoma braconnieri |
The short-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma braconnieri) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is endemic to Mexico. It has a very distinct, shortened tail, which is sometimes not apparent.
Etymology[]
The specific epithet, braconnieri, is in honor of French naturalist [3] (1812–1884).[4]
Description[]
P. braconnieri has a very short tail relative to its body length, the shortest of the horned lizards, or indeed of any lizard, thus its common name.[5]
Habitat[]
P. braconnieri inhabits pine-oak woodland and xeric thorn-scrub.[5] It can also be found in corn fields or other traditional agricultural areas.[6]
Geographic range[]
The short-tailed horned lizard is found in the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca. It may also inhabit Veracruz.[5]
Reproduction[]
P. braconnieri is viviparous.[7]
References[]
- ^ , , (2007). "Phrynosoma braconnieri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64071A12741450.en
- ^ Phrynosoma braconnieri – Shorttail Horned Lizard. EOL.org
- ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phrynosoma braconnieri, p. 36).
- ^ , Brygoo É-R (2013). "Séraphin Braconnier (1812–1884), le premier «garçon de laboratoire» de la chaire des Reptiles et Poissons du Muséum de Paris ". Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 148: 503–513. (in French).
- ^ a b c Hodges, Wendy. Phrynosoma braconnieri, Short-tailed Horned Lizard. Digimorph.org.
- ^ Phrynosoma braconnieri (Short-Tail Horned Lizard) . Zipcodezoo.com
- ^ Species Phrynosoma braconnieri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading[]
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- , , (2012). "Phrynosoma braconnieri (Short-tailed Horned Lizard). Predation". Herpetological Review 43 (2): 335–336.
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Phrynosoma braconnieri, p. 248).
- , , (2019). "Body Temperature of Phrynosoma braconnieri (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from a Xeric Scrubland in Central Mexico". Herpetological Review 50 (2): 259–262.
- , , , (2014). "Geographic Distribution: Phrynosoma braconnieri (Short-tailed Horned Lizard)". Herpetological Review 45 (3): 463.
- , (2016). "Phrynosoma braconnieri Duméril & Bocourt, 1870. Behavior". Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (3): 727.
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Phrynosomatidae
- Reptiles described in 1870
- Taxa named by Auguste Duméril
- Taxa named by Marie Firmin Bocourt
- Lizard stubs