Regal Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma solare
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- P. solare – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Jeff Nordland
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- P. solare – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Jeff Nordland
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- P. solare – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Jeff Nordland
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- P. solare – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- P. solare – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- P. solare – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- P. solare – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Diego Ortiz
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- P. solare – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Diego Ortiz
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Phrynosoma solare occurs in southeastern Arizona.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Phrynosoma solare (Gray – 1845)
Genus: Phrynosoma, Greek – phrynos = toad + soma = body – ref. squat toad-like appearance
Species: solare, Latin = like the sun – ref. “The spines on the occiput forming a continuous frill…”
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962