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    Species Accepted

    Phrynosoma asio Cope, 1864

    Giant Horned Lizard

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      10 results
      Camaleón de Grandes Cuernos Spanish
      Camaleón gigante Spanish
      Giant Horned Lizard English
      Giant Mexican Horned Lizard English
      Kæmpe-tudseleguan Danish
      Lagartija-cornuda gigante Spanish
      Lagarto-de-chifre-gigante Portuguese
      Riesenkrötenechse German
      コリーマオオツノトカゲ Japanese
      大角蜥 Chinese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      43 results
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      Powell, G. L. and A. P. Russell. (2023). The horns of horned lizards (Phrynosomatidae: Phrynosoma): the long road to their conceptualization as unique lacertilian features with individual identity. Bibliotheca Herpetologica 17(10):86–107.
      Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, & Canseco-Márquez L. (2021). Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153.
      Lara-Reséndiz Rafael A., Arenas-Moreno Diego M., Beltrán-Sánchez Elizabeth, Gramajo Weendii, Verdugo-Molina Javier, Sherbrooke Wade C. et al. (2015). Selected body temperature of nine species of Mexican horned lizards (Phrynosoma). Rev. Mex. Biodiv. 86 (1): 275-278.
      Reeder, T. W., & Montanucci, R. R. (2001). Phylogenetic analysis of the horned lizards (Phrynomomatidae: Phrynosoma): evidence from mitochondrial DNA and morphology. Copeia 2001 (2): 309-323.
      Köhler, G. (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 Pp.
      Raya-García, Ernesto. (2014). Phrynosoma asio (giant horned lizard) crepuscular and nocturnal activity. Herpetological Review 45 (2): 330.
      Baur, B. (1979). Pflege und Zucht der Riesenkrötenechse, Phrynosoma asio (Reptilia: Sauria: Iguanidae). Salamandra 15 (1): 1-12.
      Lemos-Espinal JA, & Smith GR. (2020). A conservation checklist of the herpetofauna of Morelos, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 941: 121-144.
      Smith, Hobart M. (1944). Additions to the list of Mexican amphibians and reptiles in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 30: 87-92.

      Citation

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