#1809 · 🦎 reptiles

Mountain Horned Lizard

🇳🇱 Mexican Plateau horned lizard ·Phrynosoma orbiculare

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Mario Castañeda · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Robby Deans · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © amado_fdez · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © David Ruíz Domínguez · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 14904 CDMX, México:© Cheo Mompala · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. San Felipe, Gto., México:© Nestor Quezadas · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Toluca, Méx., México:© Luis Macotela · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Cd. de México, México:© keniaj · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Monte Caldera, S.L.P., México:© J. G. Loza-León · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Cadereyta de Montes, Qro., MX:© Diego · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Mexican Plateau horned lizard ( Phrynosoma orbiculare ) is a species of horned lizard. It is also known as the Chihuahua Desert horned lizard . The specific epithet, orbiculare , comes from the Latin adjective orbis , meaning "circular".

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,108iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,108 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).