Short-tailed horned lizard

Short-tailed horned lizard
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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[2]

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[3] (1812–1884).[4]

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.[5]

Habitat

P. braconnieri inhabits pine-oak woodland and xeric thorn-scrub.[5] It can also be found in corn fields or other traditional agricultural areas.[6]

Geographic range

The short-tailed horned lizard is found in the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca. It may also inhabit Veracruz.[5]

Reproduction

P. braconnieri is viviparous.[7] Its mating season begins in the early fall, with their children being born in the following, early spring.[8]

References

1. 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
2. Phrynosoma braconnieri – Shorttail Horned Lizard. EOL.org
3. 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).
4. 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).
5. Hodges, Wendy. Phrynosoma braconnieri, Short-tailed Horned Lizard. Digimorph.org.
6. Phrynosoma braconnieri (Short-Tail Horned Lizard) . Zipcodezoo.com
7. Species Phrynosoma braconnieri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
8. 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.