Roundtail Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma modestum
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,797
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The roundtail horned lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is one of the smaller species of the horned lizards (genus Phrynosoma). The specific epithet, modestum, is Latin, meaning "modest" or "calm". The species is native to the United States, in western Texas, New Mexico, eastern Arizona, and southeastern Colorado; and eight states in northcentral Mexico, where it is referred to as tapayaxtin.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Roundtail horned lizard”.