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Phrynosoma platyrhinos (Desert Horned Lizard)

Synonyms: Anota calidiarum; Doliosaurus platyrhinos; Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum

Wikipedia Abstract

The desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard native to western North America. They are often referred to as "horny toads", although they are not toads, but lizards.
View Wikipedia Record: Phrynosoma platyrhinos

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  18.8 grams
Birth Weight [2]  1 grams
Female Weight [2]  18 grams
Gestation [2]  50 days
Litter Size [2]  8
Litters / Year [2]  2
Reproductive Mode [3]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [2]  3.15 inches (8 cm)
Habitat Substrate [3]  Terrestrial

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No

Prey / Diet

Predators

Buteo albonotatus (Zone-tailed Hawk)[5]
Buteo jamaicensis (Red-tailed Hawk)[5]
Falco sparverius (American Kestrel)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Atractis penneri <Unverified Name>[6]
Skrjabinoptera phrynosoma <Unverified Name>[6]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Length–weight allometries in lizards, S. Meiri, Journal of Zoology 281 (2010) 218–226
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 4Spatial and seasonal dietary patterns of the desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos): harvester ant specialist or generalist ant feeder?, Newbold, T. A. Scott, MacMahon, James A., Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 87 no. 2 (February 2009) p. 112-23
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0