Mountain Short-horned Lizard
- Mountain Short-horned Lizard
Taxobox
name = Mountain short horned lizard
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Iguania
familia = Phrynosomatidae
genus = "Phrynosoma"
species = "P. hernandesi"
binomial = "Phrynosoma hernandesi"
binomial_authority = (Girard, 1858)The mountain short-horned lizard, also called Hernandez's short-horned lizard or the greater short-horned lizard, ("Phrynosoma hernandesi") is a diurnal species of "phrynosomatid" lizard. It is an insectivore, feeding mostly on ants, though will also eat young snakes. The lizards are found throughout the mountain ranges in the western U.S. (as south as Texas) and into Canada. It is found from sea level to over 10,000 feet in elevation. It was formerly classified as "Phrynosoma douglassi hernandesi". It was named for Francisco Hernández Médico, a Spanish explorer who in 1651 wrote one of the first accounts of horned lizards.
External links
* [http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recnum=AR0071 eNature: "Greater Short-horned Lizard"]
* [http://www.cnah.org/comments.asp?id=1203 CNAH: taxonomic comments on the mountain short-horned lizard]
* [http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9297/hornies.pdf PDF, assorted information]
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