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14- The Gulf Coast horned lizard (Phrynosoma wigginsi ) :

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The Gulf Coast horned lizard (Phrynosoma wigginsi ) is a horned lizard species native to Baja California, Mexico.

Gulf Coast horned lizard

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Suborder:Iguania

Family:Iguanidae

Subfamily:Phrynosomatinae

Genus:Phrynosoma

Species:P. wigginsi

Binomial name:

Phrynosoma wigginsi
Montanucci, 2004

 

Taxonomy :

Phrynosoma wigginsi was split from Phrynosoma coronatum in 2004 on morphological evidence. P. wigginsi has a tan rather than chocolate forehead, a fourth "subrictal" spine below the eye, and a longer head than P. coronatum.

 

Etymology :

The specific name, wigginsi, is in honor of Stanford University botanist Ira Loren Wiggins, who in 1946 collected what later became the holotype.[1][2]

 

Geographic range :

The geographic range of P. wigginsi is restricted to the region around Mulegé and Loreto on the Gulf Coast side of Baja California Sur, specifically the eastern side of the Sierra de Guadalupe and Sierra de La Giganta.[1]

 

 

Habitat :

P. wigginsi lives in similar coastal desert habitats to its close relative P. coronatum, but unlike more distantly related members of the genus. This alignment has been used to illustrate the principle of niche conservatism.[3] It preys on ants and other invertebrates, and, like other Phrynosomatid lizards, has the remarkable ability to squirt blood from its eyes as a defense.[4]

 

For the external links , refrences  click here to read the full wikipedia article 

Care Articles :

Similar to previous species  :  Click here for general care sheets   

Other websites :

 

-  reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Phrynosoma&species=wigginsi

 

-  animaldiversity.org/accounts/Phrynosoma_wigginsi/classification/

 

-   www.iucnredlist.org/details/64073/0

 

-   cites.org/eng/node/23855

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Species and subspecies: 

 

 

Horned lizard ..  Introduction , descriptions & care in captivity .. PART 1  .. PART 2

 

Species and subspecies: 

 

 

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