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    Species Accepted

    Phrynosoma platyrhinos Girard, 1852

    Desert Horned Lizard
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Phrynosoma
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      14 results
      Camaleón del Desierto Spanish
      Desert Horned Lizard English
      Frynosoma szerokonosa Polish
      Lagartija-cornuda de desierto Spanish
      Lagarto-de-chifre-do-deserto Portuguese
      Northern Desert Horned Lizard
      Padhagedis Dutch
      Sonoran Horned Lizard
      Southern Desert Horned Lizard
      Wüsten-Krötenechse German

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      71 results
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      González-Romero, A., & Alvarez-Cárdenas, S. (1989). Herpetofauna de la Region del Pinacate, Sonora, Mexico: Un Inventario. The Southwestern Naturalist, 34(4), 519–526.
      Stebbins, R. C. (1985). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
      Schulz, & Joschka. (2018). Die Etablierung und mehrjährige Zucht der Nördlichen Wüstenkrötenechse, Phrynosoma platyrhinos platyrhinos Girard, 1852. Terraria-Elaphe 2018 (2): 62-76.
      Mosauer, & Walter. (1936). The reptilian fauna of sand dune areas of Vizcaino Desert and of northwestern Lower California. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (329): 1-21.
      Schulz, & Joschka. (2015). Bepflanzung eines Freilandterrariums für Krötenechsen. Draco 16 (62): 68-76.
      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.
      Haase, K. (2012). Die Wüstenkrötenechse (Phrynosoma platyrhinos). Ein Nahrungsspezialist in der Terrarienhaltung. Reptilia (Münster) 17 (97): 72-75.
      Villegas-Patraca R, Aguilar-López JL, Hernández-Hernández JC, & Muñoz-Jiménez O. (2022). Diversity and conservation of terrestrial vertebrates (birds, mammals, and reptiles) of Sierra Cucapá, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. ZooKeys 1088: 17-39.
      Burt, Charles E. (1933). Some lizards from the Great Basin of the West and adjacent areas, with comments on the status of various forms. American Midland Naturalist 14: 228-250.

      Citation

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