HORNED LIZARD

or horned toad, broad, flat-bodied lizards of the genus Phrynosoma, found in arid regions from extreme SW Canada to Guatemala. There are several species in the United States W of the Mississippi. The body is 3 to 5 in. (7.6 to 12.7 cm) long; it has a short, thin tail, a short neck, and short legs. There are spines on the head, sides, and back. Horned lizards are protectively colored, usually in dull grays and browns. They feed on insects, especially ants, and are often found buried in the sand, with only their heads exposed. In some species the female lays eggs; in others the eggs are incubated internally and the young are born alive. When alarmed, members of some species eject a thin stream of blood from the nictitating membrane of the eye for a distance of several feet. Horned lizards are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Reptilia, order Squamata, family Iguanidae.

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books on: Horned Lizard  - 118 results

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The Bedbugs' Night Dance and Other Hopi Tales of Sexual Encounter
Book by Ekkehart Malotki, Michael Lomatuway, Lorena Lomatuway, Sidney Namingha Jr., Leslie Koyawena; University of Nebraska Press, 1997
Subjects: Hopi Indians--Folklore, Hopi Language--Texts, Sex--Arizona--Folklore, Tales--Arizona
Horned Lizard The Hopis have great respect for the horned lizard. Being a creature of the rains, they claim that...molesting it will be struck by lightning. For this reason, the horned lizard is left well alone when encountered. The people of...
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia - Vol. 9
Book by Maurice Burton, Robert Burton; Marshall Cavendish, 2002
Subjects: Zoology--Dictionaries
HORNED LIZARD FTEN REFERRED TO AS horned toads, these t reptiles are actually lizards with faces something like...torpid state. If horned lizards were larger, they might...Pictured is a short-horned lizard, Phrynosoma douglassi...
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Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians
Book by Junius Henderson, John Peabody Harrington; Govt. Print. Off., 1914
Subjects: Indians Of North America--Economic Conditions, Tewa Indians, Zoology--New Mexico
...cornutum Harlan. Southern Horned Lizard. Reported at San Ildefonso...Anota modesta Girard. Little Horned Lizard. Recorded at San Ildefonso...escurpion. Besides the koiohi+ , horned lizard, which the Mexicans call camaleon...five other kinds of native lizards: Qwi pa je is a lizard which...
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia - Vol. 11
Book by Maurice Burton, Robert Burton; Marshall Cavendish, 2002
Subjects: Zoology--Dictionaries
...40 C). In bur- rowing lizards, or those that live in thick...particularly important for many lizards, and appreciating how and...and when they are at rest. Lizards sometimes remain basking in...particular species see: ? AGAMA LIZARD ANOLE LIZARD BASILISK ? BEARDED...GLASS LIZARD ? GREEN LIZARD HORNED LIZARD IGUANA ? KOMODO DRAGON...
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Riparian Areas of the Southwestern United States: Hydrology, Ecology, and Management
Book by Malchus B. Baker Jr., Peter F. Ffolliott, Leonard F. Debano, Daniel G. Neary; Lewis, 2004
Subjects: Ecosystem Management--Southwestern States, Riparian Ecology--Southwestern States
...Cnemidophorus burti Cnemidophorus flagellicaudus Desert iguana Chuckwalla Collared lizard Leopard lizard Zebratail lizard Greater earless lizard Desert horned lizard Regal horned lizard Clarks spiny lizard Desert spiny lizard Prairie lizard Long-tailed...
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Ecology and Ontogenetic Variation of Diet in the Pigmy Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma Douglasii)
Journal article by Megan E. Lahti, Daniel D. Beck; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 159, 2008
Subjects: Animal behavior, Birds, Diet, Females, Studies
...morphologies among lizards in the short-horned lizard clade associated...diets of horned lizards, especially in the short-horned lizard clade. Zamudio...congruent with other lizards from the short horned lizard clade. Though...
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A Comparative Model of Field Investigations: Aligning School Science Inquiry with the Practices of Contemporary Science
Journal article by Mark Windschitl, Karen Dvornich, Amy E. Ryken, Margaret Tudor, Gary Koehler; School Science and Mathematics, Vol. 107, 2007
Subjects: Research--Methods
...several aspects of short-horned lizard biology. (See http...collected about short-horned lizards.) Like scientists...and "Where are the lizards most common?" When...know what the short-horned lizard did over the winter...
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Delineating Deference to Agency Science: Doctrine or Political Ideology?
Journal article by Laura Anzie Nelson; Environmental Law, Vol. 40, 2010
Subjects: Administrative Procedure Act, Administrative procedure--Laws, regulations and rules, Judicial review of administrative acts--Laws, regulations and rules, Risk assessment--Laws, regulations and rules
...first "quantify the lizards historical range in...list the flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii...on the Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard Conservation Agreement...although evidence of the lizards population level was...
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Endangered Species' Slippery Slope Back to the States: Existing Regulatory Mechanisms and Ongoing Conservation Efforts under the Endangered Species Act
Journal article by Kevin Cassidy; Environmental Law, Vol. 32, 2002
Subjects: Endangered Species Act of 1973, Endangered species--Laws, regulations, etc., Federalism--Laws, regulations, etc., Wildlife conservation--Laws, regulations, etc.
...In the case of the flat-tailed horned lizard, the Ninth Circuit recently reversed...identified as critical habitat for the lizard because, in at least three of the...reliance on them to preclude listing the lizard unreasonable. (204) With this...
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An Interview with Alberto Celaya, 1952
Journal article by Paul H. Ezell, Henry F. Dobyns; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 49, 2007
Subjects: Celaya, Alberto--Interviews, Travelers--Interviews
...lizard camaleon hairs in it, but as you know, the horned lizard has no hairs. He would tell them that hairs were dropped...They had a lot of superstitions about animals like the horned lizards. Section C, January 30, 1963 (31) sic 1952 Ezell...
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How to Harvest a Harvester
Magazine article by Graciela Flores; Natural History, Vol. 117, December 2008
Subjects: Larynx
...quantity, can kill, the horned lizard captures harvesters by the...doesnt conform to typical lizard table manners. Most lizards bite and chew their prey...with its long tongue, the horned lizard rolls its snack straight...
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Biodiversity on the Borderlands
Magazine article by James H. Brown, Astrid Kodric-Brown; Natural History, Vol. 105, April 1996
Subjects: Biological diversity, Southwestern states, Wildlife
...through the shrubbery, stalking lizards and baby quails. Gila woodpeckers...country species: the bunchgrass lizard, aplomado falcon, and pygmy...shrubs, the round-tailed horned lizard, the Chihuahuan raven, and...States--come the short-horned lizard, the scrub jay, and...
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What Good Was All the Headgear?
Magazine article by Mark B. Goodwin, Catherine A. Forster, Andrew A. Farke; Natural History, Vol. 114, May 2005
Subjects: Anatomy & physiology, Archaeology, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Paleontology
...fossil ceratopsians, or horned dinosaurs, were first...For example, the horned lizard Phrynosoma mcalli apparently...bird fond of impaling lizards on thorns or barbed...Longer horns make a lizard less likely to end up...patterns hold for many horned or antlered mammals...
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Animal Aqueduct
Magazine article by Stéphan Reebs; Natural History, Vol. 116, November 2007
Subjects: Animals, Plumbing, Skin
...Cuddly theyre not, but the Texas horned lizard and the Australian thorny devil...form a network that covers the lizards body and opens up in the corner...Australian thorny devil and the Texas horned lizard live on opposite sides of the world...
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Under Siege
Magazine article by Sean Paige; The American Enterprise, Vol. 12, October 2001
Subjects: Armed Forces--Training
...an endangered bird, and a creature called the night lizard. The presence of Sonoran pronghorn antelope on Arizonas...has been conducted into the habits of the flat-tailed horned lizard, including when during the day the creatures prefer...
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WILD SIDE OF LIFE; Nick Baker's New TV Show Takes a Look at the Stranger Animals We Share Our World With
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), January 12, 2007
...But, from the blood squirting lizard to the mole with the exploding...desert, looking for aggressive lizards, to cruising British waters...mouth open. THE BLOOD SQUIRTING LIZARD NAMED the Texas Horned Lizard, this little reptile is a spiny...
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Amazing Animals: Guinness Book of Records Special Pull-Out
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), December 5, 1998
...diameter of 7ft 6in and tentacles 120ft long. Biggest lizard Male Komodo Dragons average 7ft 5in in length and weigh...biggest teeth - they can be over a foot long. The Texan Horned Lizard remains motionless if approached, but if it is picked...
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Environmentalists Divided on Bush Immigration Plan
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 19, 2006
Subjects: Sierra Club
...wildlife throughout the Southwest including the pygmy owls, lizards, bighorn sheep, jaguars and Mexican wolves. "Bushs plan...pygmy owl and Sonoran pronghorn in Arizona; flat-tailed horned lizard and Peninsular bighorn sheep in California; and jaguars and...
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Critics' Choice; Television
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 12, 2007
...naturalist Nick Baker tracks down some of the planets more unusual species. First, he heads to Arizona in search of the horned lizard, which has an impressive bag of survival tricks. If its camouflage doesnt trick predators, it blows itself up into...
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Weird World; NICK BAKER Comes Face to Face with Sharks and Crocodiles All around the World for His New TV Series - but, He Tells BILL MOULAND, His Greatest Adversary Is a Parrot in His Own Home
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 27, 2007
Subjects: Television programs
...but I want to stick up for the others. Viewers have already seen him successfully get a beautifully camouflaged horned lizard in Arizonas Sonoran desert to squirt blood at him through its eyes, thus demonstrating its highly unconventional defence...
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encyclopedia articles on: Horned Lizard  - 5 results

 
 
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Horned Lizard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HORNED LIZARD or horned toad, broad, flat-bodied lizards of the genus Phrynosoma, found in arid regions from extreme...legs. There are spines on the head, sides, and back. Horned lizards are protectively colored, usually in dull grays...
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Horned Toad
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HORNED TOAD see horned lizard . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Lizard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...emotional stimuli. Many lizards are arboreal, and many...and the related beaded lizard of the North American...only known poisonous lizards; some other lizards...lizards, swifts, utas, horned lizards (popularly known as horned toads), and the so...destroyers of insects. Lizards are classified in the...Milstead, ed., Lizard Ecology (1967); H...
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Dinosaur
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...DINOSAUR di n sor Gr.,=terrible lizard, extinct land reptile of the...pelvis in the saurischian (lizard-hipped) dinosaurs resembles...others were sauropods Gr.,=lizard feet with small heads and long...Ankylosaurus ; and ceratopsians (horned dinosaurs), such as Triceratops...
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Iguana
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ground-living vegetarian lizards found from Baja California...chuckwalla is the largest U.S. lizard except for the gila monster...cristatus ), the only marine lizard, is found in the Galapagos...Madagascar. Most North American lizards belong to this family, including...the swifts, the so-called horned toads, or horned lizards...


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