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Phrynosomatidae is a diverse family of lizard
Lizard

Lizards are a large and widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 5,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains....
s, found from Panama
Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
 to the extreme south of Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. Many members of the group are adapted to life in hot, sandy deserts, although the spiny lizard
Spiny lizard

The spiny lizards are the genus Sceloporus in the family Phrynosomatidae. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States....
s prefer rocky deserts or even relatively moist forest edges, and the short-horned lizard
Short-horned Lizard

The Short-horned Lizard is a small lizard that occurs in North America. Like other horned lizards, it is often wrongly called the "Horned Toad", but it is not a toad at all....
 lives in prairie or sagebrush environments. The group includes both egg-laying and viviparous species, with the latter being more common in species living at high elevation.








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Phrynosomatidae is a diverse family of lizard
Lizard

Lizards are a large and widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 5,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains....
s, found from Panama
Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
 to the extreme south of Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. Many members of the group are adapted to life in hot, sandy deserts, although the spiny lizard
Spiny lizard

The spiny lizards are the genus Sceloporus in the family Phrynosomatidae. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States....
s prefer rocky deserts or even relatively moist forest edges, and the short-horned lizard
Short-horned Lizard

The Short-horned Lizard is a small lizard that occurs in North America. Like other horned lizards, it is often wrongly called the "Horned Toad", but it is not a toad at all....
 lives in prairie or sagebrush environments. The group includes both egg-laying and viviparous species, with the latter being more common in species living at high elevation.

Genera

Family Phrynosomatidae
  • Zebra-tailed lizard
    Zebra-tailed lizard

    Zebra-tailed lizards live in open desert with fairly hard-packed soil, scattered vegetation and scattered rocks, typically desert flats, washes and plains....
    s, Callisaurus
  • Greater earless lizard
    Greater earless lizard

    The Greater Earless Lizard is a species of earless lizard found in the southern United States, in the states of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, and in Mexico in the states of Sonora, Chihuahua , Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosi....
    , Cophosaurus
  • Earless lizard
    Earless lizard

    Earless lizards are two genus of small lizards native to the semi-arid and grassland habitat of the southwestern United States and Mexico. The genus Cophosaurus and the genus Holbrookia are both characterized by having no external ear openings, presumably to prevent sand from entering the body as they dig....
    s, Holbrookia
  • California rock lizard
    California rock lizard

    Classification of the genus PetrosaurusGenus Petrosaurus*Petrosaurus mearnsi*Petrosaurus thalassinus...
    s, Petrosaurus
  • Horned lizard
    Horned lizard

    Horned lizards are a genus of the Phrynosomatidae family of lizards. The horned lizard is popularly called a "horned toad," "horny toad", or "horned frog," but it is neither a toad nor a frog....
    s, Phrynosoma
  • Sator
    Sator

    Classification of the genus SatorGenus Sator*Sator angustus*Sator grandaevus...
    s, Sator
  • Spiny lizard
    Spiny lizard

    The spiny lizards are the genus Sceloporus in the family Phrynosomatidae. This genus includes some of the most commonly seen lizards in the United States....
    s, Sceloporus
  • Fringe-toed lizard
    Fringe-toed lizard

    Fringe-toed lizards are reptiles of the genus Uma in the family Phrynosomatidae. They are adapted for life in sandy deserts.These lizards have a brown and tan coloration that helps them to blend in with the sand....
    s, Uma
  • Tree and brush lizard
    Urosaurus

    The North American genus Urosaurus belongs to the New World Iguanian family Phrynosomatidae. They can be distinguished from members of the genus Sceloporus by the presence of a gular fold and granular lateral scales....
    s, Urosaurus
  • Side-blotched lizard
    Side-blotched lizard

    Side-blotched lizards are lizards of the genus Uta. They are some of the most abundant and commonly observed lizards in the deserts of western North America....
    s, Uta