Round-tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum)
Created: June 8th, 2015 - 05:50 PM
Last Modified: June 10th, 2015 - 10:37 PM Entered by: Marc Linsalata
Record 228931
Last Modified: June 10th, 2015 - 10:37 PM Entered by: Marc Linsalata
Record 228931
Country: United States |
State: New Mexico |
County: Socorro County |
Time: 2015-06-03 18:49:00 |
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Qty: 1 |
Age: Juvenile |
Sex: -- |
Method: DOR |
Habitat: Mixed Desert Flat |
Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: 92.00F |
Ground Temperature: 99.00F |
Humidity: 8% |
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Sky Conditions: Clear |
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous |
Elevation: 5000.00ft |
Barometric Pressure: ----- |
Notes
So many DOR horned lizards on this road I eventually stopped photoing them!! This may be a modestum.....
Comments
Thanks again, Chris - this site is way more helpful. I was using http://www.nmherpsociety.org but I like the one you gave me a little better......I suspecte dthis might be a modestum in my notes - thanks again!!
Marc, this one is round- tailed horned lizard (P. modestum). Your characteristics to id tx horned out are enlarged central head spikes, 2 rows of dorso-ventro (side) spines, and a white dorsal stripe running fron back of head down to tail.
If you want some photographical help on IDing NM species, hit up http://web.nmsu.edu/~cnewsom