Roundtail Horned Lizard

Phrynosoma modestum

Summary 7

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 eastern Arizona, southeastern Colorado and eight states in northcentral Mexico where they are referred to as "tapayaxtin".

Distribution 8

occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) Hadley Paul Garland, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/55922094@N00/2486229103
  2. (c) 2011 Vicente Mata-Silva, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=392619&one=T
  3. (c) Diana-Terry Hibbitts, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Diana-Terry Hibbitts
  4. (c) pyruvate, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC)
  5. (c) rayomcc, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC)
  6. (c) Travis Dimler, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Travis Dimler
  7. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrynosoma_modestum
  8. (c) NatureServe, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28838204

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