Phrynosoma modestum

Phrynosoma modestum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Phrynosomatidae
Subfamilia: Phrynosomatinae
Genus: Phrynosoma
Species: Phrynosoma modestum

Name

Phrynosoma modestum Girard in Baird & Girard, 1852: 69

• Syntypes (9): USNM 164 (7 specimens), 1 adult ♂, 1 subadult ♂ and 5 adult ♀, USNM 165660, adult ♂, collected by Gen. Churchill and J.D. Graham; and UIMNH 40746, adult ♂, collected by J.H. Clark in May or June 1851.
• Type locality: “from the valley of the Rio Grande west of San Antonio ... and from between San Antonio and El Paso del Norte”.

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1852. Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. First Part. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 68–70. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Phrynosoma modestum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 October 2019.
• Hammerson, G.A., Vazquez Díaz, J., Gadsden. H., Quintero Díaz, G.E., Ponce-Campos, P., Lavin, P. 2007. IUCN: Phrynosoma modestum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64078A12734244. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64078A12734244.en

Vernacular names

English: Round-tailed Horned Lizard