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Cape Horned Lizard - Phrynosoma coronatum
Blainville, 1835Camaleón del Litoral
(Coast Horned Lizard)
Range of this species: Blue
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| Adult, found buried in sand at night in a vacant lot in La Paz, Baja California Sur © Gary Nafis | ||
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| As you can see on this adult from Los Cerritos, Baja California Sur, this species has very large horns. © Megan Wehrenberg |
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| Juvenile found on a beach at Todos Santos, Baja California Sur |
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References:
Grismer, L. Lee. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. The University of California Press, 2002. McPeak, Ron H. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California. Sea Challengers, 2000. Samuel M. McGinnis and Robert C. Stebbins. Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles & Amphibians. 4th Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2018. Stebbins, Robert C. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. 3rd Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. The Reptile Database San Diego Natural History Museum |
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