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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Phrynosoma |
| Species: | P. braconnieri
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Etymology
editThe specific epithet, braconnieri, is in honor of French naturalist Séraphin Braconnier[3] (1812–1884).[4]
Description
editP. 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.[5]
Habitat
editP. braconnieri inhabits pine-oak woodland and xeric thorn-scrub.[5] It can also be found in corn fields or other traditional agricultural areas.[6]
Geographic range
editThe short-tailed horned lizard is found in the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca. It may also inhabit Veracruz.[5]
Reproduction
editP. braconnieri is viviparous.[7] Its mating season begins in the early fall, with their children being born in the following, early spring.[8]
References
edit- ^ Canseco-Márquez L, Mendoza-Quijano F, Ponce-Campos P (2007). "Phrynosoma braconnieri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64071A12741450.en
- ^ Phrynosoma braconnieri – Shorttail Horned Lizard. EOL.org
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (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.
- ^ Zamudio, K. R.; Parra-Olea, G. (January 2000). Douglas, M. E. (ed.). "Reproductive Mode and Female Reproductive Cycles of Two Endemic Mexican Horned Lizards ( Phrynosoma taurus and Phrynosoma braconnieri )". Copeia. 2000 (1): 222–229. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2000)2000[0222:RMAFRC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0045-8511.
Further reading
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- 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.
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