The Sonoran horned lizard (Phrynosoma goodei), also known commonly as Goode's desert horned lizard and el camaleón de Sonora in Mexican Spanish, is a species of horned lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is native to Arizona in the United States and to Sonora in Mexico.[2]

Sonoran horned lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Phrynosoma
Species:
P. goodei
Binomial name
Phrynosoma goodei
Synonyms[2]
  • Phrynosoma goodei
    Stejneger, 1893
  • Anota goodei
    Cope, 1896
  • Phrynosoma platyrhinos goodei
    Pianka, 1991
  • Phrynosoma goodei
    Mulcahy et al., 2006
  • Phrynosoma (Doliosaurus) goodei
    Crother, 2012

Etymology

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The specific name, goodei, is in honor of American ichthyologist George Brown Goode.[3]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of P. goodei is shrubland.[1]

Reproduction

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P. goodei is oviparous.[1][2] The eggs are buried in the ground.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Hammerson GA (2019). "Phrynosoma goodei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/89974730/89974758
  2. ^ a b c d Phrynosoma goodei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phrynosoma goodei, p. 104).

Further reading

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  • Klauber LM (1935). "The Status of the Sonoran Horned Toad, Phrynosoma goodei Stejneger". Copeia 1935 (4): 178–179.
  • Lara-Resendiz, Rafael Alejandro; Jezkova, Tereza; Rosen, Philip C.; Méndez-de La Cruz, Fausto Roberto (2014). "Thermoregulation during the summer season in the Goode's horned lizard Phrynosoma goodei (Iguania: Phrynosomatidae) in Sonoran Desert". Amphibia-Reptilia 35 (2): 161–172.
  • Smith HM (1939). "An annotated list of the Mexican amphibians and reptiles in the Carnegie Museum". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 27: 311–320. (Phrynosoma platyrhinos goodei, p. 315).
  • Stejneger L (1893). "Annotated List of the Reptiles and Batrachians Collected by the Death Valley Expedition in 1891, with Descriptions of New Species". North American Fauna (7): 159–228 + Plates I–IV. (Phrynosoma goodei, new species, pp. 191–192 + Plate II, figures 3a–3c).