Phrynosoma hernandesi

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: Habitats of this lizard range from semi-arid plains to high mountains; usually the species is in open, shrubby, or openly wooded areas with sparse vegetation at ground level; soil may vary from rocky to sandy (Degenhardt et al. 1996, Hammerson 1999, Stebbins 2003, Werner et al. 2004). When not active on the surface, the lizards burrow into the soil or occupy rodent burrows.[1].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     6     Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)   
  
•     8     Desert   
  
•     8.1     Desert - Hot   
  
•     8.2     Desert - Temperate   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Phrynosoma douglasii brevirostre< /i> (Girard 1858: 395) • Phrynosoma douglasii hernandesi Van Denburgh 1922 • Phrynosoma douglasii hernandesi — Burt 1935 • Phrynosoma douglasii hernandesi — Conant & Collins 1991: 114 • Phrynosoma douglasii hernandesi — Liner 1994 • Phrynosoma douglasii ornatissimum< /i> (Girard 1858: 396) • Phrynosoma douglasii ornatum Girard 1858: 397 • Phrynosoma hernandesi — Smith & Taylor 1950: 100 • Phrynosoma hernandesi — Smith Et Al. 1999 • Phrynosoma hernandesi — Zamudio Et Al. 1997 • Phrynosoma hernandezi Girard 1858 • Phrynosoma orbiculare hernandesi Klauber 1939: 91 • Phrynosoma< /i> (Tapaya) Hernandesi Girard 1858: 395

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Syntype: USNM 197 The subspecies brevirostre, hernandesi, and ornatissimum are artificial assemblages of populations (Zamudio et al. 1997). Reproduction : viviparous Habitat : montane Named after Francisco Hernandez (1514-1587), Spanish physician who travelled in Mexico to study Aztec herbal medicine and to collect biological specimens. Belongs to the Tapaja clade fide LEACHE and MCGUIRE 2006.

Zamudio et al. (1997) examined mtDNA variation in short-horned lizards throughout western North America and concluded that the Pacific Northwest segment of the population should be recognized as a species (P. douglasii) distinct from the species (P. hernandesi) represented in the remainder of the range . In addition, there was no support for the recognition of any of the nominal subspecies; thus each species is best regarded as monotypic.[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Phrynosoma

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. asio (Giant Horned Lizard) · P. blainvillii (San Diego Horned Lizard) · P. braconnieri (Short-Tail Horned Lizard) · P. cerroense (Cedros Island Horned Lizard) · P. cornutum (Texas Horned Lizard) · P. coronatum (Blainville Horned Lizard) · P. coronatum blainvilli (Coast Horned Lizard) · P. coronatum blainvillii (Coast Horned Lizard) · P. coronatum frontale (California Horned Lizard) · P. ditmarsi (Rock Horned Lizard) · P. douglasii (Pygmy Horned Lizard) · P. douglasii douglasii (Pigmy Short-Horned Lizard) · P. douglassii (Eastern Short-Horned Lizard) · P. douglassii douglassii (Pigmy Short-Horned Lizard) · P. douglassii hernandesi (Mountain Short-Horned Lizard) · P. douglassii ornatissimum (Desert Short-Horned Lizard) · P. douglassii ornatum (Salt Lake Short-Horned Lizard) · P. hernandesi (Greater Short-Horned Lizards) · P. mcallii (Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard) · P. modestum (Round-Tailed Horned Lizard) · P. orbiculare (Mexican Horned Toad) · P. platyrhinos (Desert Horned Lizard) · P. platyrhinos calidiarum (Desert Horned Lizard) · P. platyrhinos platyrhinos (Desert Horned Lizard) · P. solare (Regal Horned Lizard) · P. taurus (Mexican Horned Lizard) · P. wigginsi (Gulf Coast Horned Lizard)

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Further Reading

• A check list of North American amphibians and reptiles / by Leonhard Stejneger and Thomas Barbour. Cambridge: Harvard University Press; [etc., etc.]1923. url p. 62.
• A manual of land and fresh water vertebrate animals of the United States (exclusive of birds) by Henry Sherring Pratt. .. with 184 illustrations. Philadelphia, Blakiston's[c1923] url p. 200.
• Amphibian and reptile inventory on the Headwaters and Dillon Resources Areas in conjunction with Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program; c1998. url , , , , , , , , , .
• Amphibian and reptile survey on the Bureau of Land Management Lewistown District: 1995-1998 / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program; c1998. url , , .
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 413.
• Brigham Young University science bulletin. 12 1971 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 5.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 100.
• Journal of mammalogy. Baltimore, Md.: American Society of Mammalogists url p. 78.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url , p. 115, p. 12, p. 34, p. 35, p. 43, p. 45.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 371, p. 373, p. 374, p. 378, p. 382.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 1913- url , p. 4.
• Plant and animal resources and ecological condition of the Hanging Woman Basin in Big Horn County, Montana and Sheridan County, Wyoming / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c2003. url .
• Potential wildlife-highway interactions at select mile-markers along Montana Department of Transportation routes an ArcView GIS analysis / Bozeman, Mont.: Fish and Wildlife Management Program, Montana State University, 2001 url .
• Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 1269, p. 392, p. 405.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 166.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 1269, p. 209, p. 392, p. 405.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 25 1903 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 151.
• Report upon the condition and progress of the U.S. National Museum during the year ending June 30. .. / Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum. Washington: G.P.O., [189-?-190-?] url p. 94.
• Smithsonian herpetological information service. Washington: Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, U.S. National Museum. url p. 49.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 59 1999 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url tanner, fig. 1, page 295.
• The University of Colorado studies. Boulder, University of Colorado. url , p. 131, p. 72.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 34 1952 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 927.
• The amphibia and reptilia of Colorado / Max M. Ellis and Junius Henderson. Boulder: University of Colorado, 1913. url , p. 260, p. 72.
• The palatal dentition in squamate reptiles: morphology, development, attachment, and replacement / D. Luke Mahler, Maureen Kearney. 108 2006 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c2006. url p. 30.
• The reptiles of western North America, an account of the species known to inhabit California and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora and Lower California, by John Van Denburgh, with one hundred and twenty-eight plates. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1922. url p. 371, p. 372, p. 373, p. 374, p. 378, p. 382.
• United States exploring expedition. During the year 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N... Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman, 1844-74. url p. 392.
• Zoology of Colorado, by Theodore D.A. Cockerell. .. Boulder, Col., University of Colorado, 1927. url p. 106.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2007. Phrynosoma hernandesi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Species At Risk Act Public Registry, Government of Canada
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
• Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles: Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Herp Collection
• University of Alberta: University of Alberta Herpetology Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2543676
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-5651
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 564606
• IUCN ID: 232267
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ARACF12030 ARACF12080
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 17824

Footnotes

1. Hammerson, G.A. 2007. Phrynosoma hernandesi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]

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