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#1722 · 🦎 reptiles

Desert Horned Lizard

🇳🇱 Padhagedis ·Phrynosoma platyrhinos

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe
8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Bridget Spencer · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Roberto Daniel Avila · CC BY 4.0
  4. 4. © Adam Schneider · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © Kerry Matz · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  6. 6. © Robert Dobbs · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © Tom Benson · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  8. 8. © Marshal Hedin · CC BY-NC 4.0
Desert Horned Lizard, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 7,523iNaturalist 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.
  • 7,523 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1852 (174 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Desert Horned Lizard
Nederlands
Padhagedis
scientific name
Phrynosoma platyrhinos
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Phrynosomatidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
7,523
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1852 by Charles Frédéric Girard

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Phrynosomatidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 243904, Wikidata Q3381754, GBIF 5222442, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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