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  • English
    • Roundtail Horned Lizard
    • Round-tailed Horned Lizard
  • Scientific names
    • Phrynosoma modestum
    • Anota modesta
    • Doliosaurus modestus

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What

Roundtail Horned Lizard Phrynosoma modestum

Observer

danjleavitt

Date

Oct 4, 2006

Description

I think one of us might have stepped on this little dude. Nice camo!

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Description from Wikipedia

The Roundtail Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) is one of the smaller species of horned lizard. Their specific epithet is from the Latin word modestum meaning modest or calm. They are found in the United States, in western Texas, New Mexico and eastern Arizona, and three states in Mexico where they are referred to as "tapayaxtin".

Source: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data. Downloaded March 2011.