HORNEDLIZARD

Horned lizard

Horned lizards are a genus of lizards which are the type genus of the family Phrynosomatidae. The horned lizard is popularly called a "horned toad" or "horned frog", yet it is neither a toad nor a frog. The popular names come from the lizard's rounded body and blunt snout, which make it resemble a toad or frog . The spines on its back and sides are made from modified scales, whereas the horns on the heads are true horns . Of 15 species of horned lizards in North America, eight are native to the United States. The largest-bodied and most widely distributed of the US species is the Texas horned lizard .

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horned lizard

Noun

  1. Any of some 14 species of lizard in the genus , generally with wide toad-shaped bodies less than a foot long, noted for the horny structures on their heads.


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