Sonoran horned lizard
| Sonoran horned lizard | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Phrynosoma |
| Species: | P. goodei |
| Binomial name | |
| Phrynosoma goodei | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
The Sonoran horned lizard (Phrynosoma goodei), also known commonly as Goode's desert horned lizard and el camaleón de Sonora in Mexican Spanish, is a species of horned lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is native to Arizona in the United States and to Sonora in Mexico.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, goodei, is in honor of American ichthyologist George Brown Goode.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. goodei is shrubland.[1]
Reproduction
P. goodei is oviparous.[1][2] The eggs are buried in the ground.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Hammerson GA (2019). "Phrynosoma goodei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/89974730/89974758
- ^ a b c d Phrynosoma goodei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 August 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phrynosoma goodei, p. 104).
Further reading
- Klauber LM (1935). "The Status of the Sonoran Horned Toad, Phrynosoma goodei Stejneger". Copeia 1935 (4): 178–179.
- Lara-Resendiz, Rafael Alejandro; Jezkova, Tereza; Rosen, Philip C.; Méndez-de La Cruz, Fausto Roberto (2014). "Thermoregulation during the summer season in the Goode's horned lizard Phrynosoma goodei (Iguania: Phrynosomatidae) in Sonoran Desert". Amphibia-Reptilia 35 (2): 161–172.
- Smith HM (1939). "An annotated list of the Mexican amphibians and reptiles in the Carnegie Museum". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 27: 311–320. (Phrynosoma platyrhinos goodei, p. 315).
- Stejneger L (1893). "Annotated List of the Reptiles and Batrachians Collected by the Death Valley Expedition in 1891, with Descriptions of New Species". North American Fauna (7): 159–228 + Plates I–IV. (Phrynosoma goodei, new species, pp. 191–192 + Plate II, figures 3a–3c).