San Luis Valley short-horned lizard

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San Luis Valley short-horned lizard
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Phrynosoma
Species:
P. diminutum
Binomial name
Phrynosoma diminutum
Montanucci, 2015 [1]

The San Luis Valley short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma diminutum) is a horned lizard species native to Colorado in the United States. [2]

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References

  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Phrynosoma diminutum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 23 August 2021.