| Short-tailed horned lizard | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Phrynosoma |
| Species: | P. braconnieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Phrynosoma braconnieri A.H.A. Duméril & Bocourt, 1870 | |
The short-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma braconnieri) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is endemic to Mexico. It has a very distinct, shortened tail, which is sometimes not apparent.
Etymology
The specific epithet, braconnieri, is in honor of French naturalist Séraphin Braconnier (1812–1884).
Description
P. braconnieri has a very short tail relative to its body length, the shortest of the horned lizards, or indeed of any lizard, thus its common name.
Habitat
P. braconnieri inhabits pine-oak woodland and xeric thorn-scrub. It can also be found in corn fields or other traditional agricultural areas.
Geographic range
The short-tailed horned lizard is found in the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca. It may also inhabit Veracruz.
Reproduction
P. braconnieri is viviparous. Its mating season begins in the early fall, with their children being born in the following, early spring.
References
- Canseco-Márquez L, Mendoza-Quijano F, Ponce-Campos P (2007). "Phrynosoma braconnieri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64071A12741450.en
- Phrynosoma braconnieri – Shorttail Horned Lizard. EOL.org
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phrynosoma braconnieri, p. 36).
- Bour R, Brygoo É-R (2013). "Séraphin Braconnier (1812–1884), le premier «garçon de laboratoire» de la chaire des Reptiles et Poissons du Muséum de Paris ". Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 148: 503–513. (in French).
- ^ Hodges, Wendy. Phrynosoma braconnieri, Short-tailed Horned Lizard. Digimorph.org.
- Phrynosoma braconnieri (Short-Tail Horned Lizard) . Zipcodezoo.com
- Species Phrynosoma braconnieri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Zamudio, K. R.; Parra-Olea, G. (January 2000). Douglas, M. E. (ed.). "Reproductive Mode and Female Reproductive Cycles of Two Endemic Mexican Horned Lizards ( Phrynosoma taurus and Phrynosoma braconnieri )". Copeia. 2000 (1): 222–229. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2000)2000[0222:RMAFRC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0045-8511.
Further reading
- Arias-Balderas SF, Hernández-Ríos A, Correa-Sánchez F (2012). "Phrynosoma braconnieri (Short-tailed Horned Lizard). Predation". Herpetological Review 43 (2): 335–336.
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Phrynosoma braconnieri, p. 248).
- Díaz-Marín CA, Luría-Manzano R, Gutiérrez-Mayén G (2019). "Body Temperature of Phrynosoma braconnieri (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from a Xeric Scrubland in Central Mexico". Herpetological Review 50 (2): 259–262.
- Jiménez-Arcos VH, Centenero-Alcalá E, Perez-Ramos E, Santa Cruz-Padilla SA (2014). "Geographic Distribution: Phrynosoma braconnieri (Short-tailed Horned Lizard)". Herpetological Review 45 (3): 463.
- Pavón-Vázquez CJ, Arvizu-Meza M (2016). "Phrynosoma braconnieri Duméril & Bocourt, 1870. Behavior". Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (3): 727.
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