Hernandez’s Short-horned Lizard
Phrynosoma hernandesi hernandesi
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- P. h. hernandesi – San Juan Co, NM – photo by Meta Garrick
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- P. h. hernandesi – San Juan Co, NM – photo by Meta Garrick
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- P. h. hernandesi – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Alice Abela
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- P. h. hernandesi – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Alice Abela
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- P. h. hernandesi – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Alice Abela
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- P. h. hernandesi – Santa Fe Co, NM – photo by Michael Allen McGuire
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- P. h. hernandesi – Santa Fe Co, NM – photo by Michael Allen McGuire
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- P. h. hernandesi – Yavapi Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Phrynosoma h. hernandesi occurs throughout most of eastern Arizona and western New Mexico.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Phrynosoma hernandesi hernandesi (Girard – 1858)
Genus: Phrynosoma, Greek – phrynos = toad + soma = body – ref. squat, toad-like appearance
Species/Subspecies: hernandesi, honors Francisco Hernandez
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962