Short-tailed horned lizard
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The short-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma braconnieri) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is endemic to Mexico. It has a very distinct, shortened tail, which is sometimes not apparent.
Etymology
The specific epithet, braconnieri, is in honor of French naturalist Séraphin Braconnier[1] (1812–1884).[2]
Description
P. braconnieri has a very short tail relative to its body length, the shortest of the horned lizards, or indeed of any lizard, thus its common name.[3]
Habitat
P. braconnieri inhabits pine-oak woodland and xeric thorn-scrub.[3] It can also be found in corn fields or other traditional agricultural areas.[4]
Geographic range
The short-tailed horned lizard is found in the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca. It may also inhabit Veracruz.[3]
Reproduction
P. braconnieri is viviparous.[5] Its mating season begins in the early fall, with their children being born in the following, early spring.[6]
References
Further reading
- Arias-Balderas SF, Hernández-Ríos A, Correa-Sánchez F (2012). "Phrynosoma braconnieri (Short-tailed Horned Lizard). Predation". Herpetological Review 43 (2): 335–336.
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Phrynosoma braconnieri, p. 248).
- Díaz-Marín CA, Luría-Manzano R, Gutiérrez-Mayén G (2019). "Body Temperature of Phrynosoma braconnieri (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from a Xeric Scrubland in Central Mexico". Herpetological Review 50 (2): 259–262.
- Jiménez-Arcos VH, Centenero-Alcalá E, Perez-Ramos E, Santa Cruz-Padilla SA (2014). "Geographic Distribution: Phrynosoma braconnieri (Short-tailed Horned Lizard)". Herpetological Review 45 (3): 463.
- Pavón-Vázquez CJ, Arvizu-Meza M (2016). "Phrynosoma braconnieri Duméril & Bocourt, 1870. Behavior". Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (3): 727.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Phrynosoma braconnieri, p. 36).
- ↑ Bour R, Brygoo É-R (2013). "Séraphin Braconnier (1812–1884), le premier «garçon de laboratoire» de la chaire des Reptiles et Poissons du Muséum de Paris ". Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 148: 503–513. (in French).
- ↑ a b c Hodges, Wendy. Phrynosoma braconnieri, Short-tailed Horned Lizard. Digimorph.org.
- ↑ Phrynosoma braconnieri (Short-Tail Horned Lizard) . Zipcodezoo.com
- ↑ Species Phrynosoma braconnieri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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