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
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of
horned lizard
''Phrynosoma'', whose members are known as the horned lizards, horny toads, or horntoads, is a genus of North American lizards and the type genus of the Family (biology), family Phrynosomatidae. Their common names refer directly to their horns or ...
in the
family
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Phrynosomatidae
The Phrynosomatidae are a diverse family of lizards, sometimes classified as a subfamily (Phrynosomatinae), found from Panama to the extreme south of Canada. Many members of the group are adapted to life in hot, sandy deserts, although the spiny ...
. The species is native to
Arizona
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in the
United States
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and to
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
in
Mexico
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.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''goodei'', is in honor of American ichthyologist
George Brown Goode
George Brown Goode (February 13, 1851 – September 6, 1896), was an American ichthyologist and museum administrator.
Early life and family
George Brown Goode was born February 13, 1851, in New Albany, Indiana, to Francis Collier Goode and Sarah ...
.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Phrynosoma goodei'', p. 104).]
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat
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of ''P. goodei'' is
shrubland
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.
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Reproduction
''P. goodei'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (i.e., by laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings kno ...
.[ The eggs are buried in the ground.][
]
References
Further reading
* 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).
Phrynosoma
Reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles described in 1893
Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger
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