Phrynosomatidae

Taxobox
name = Phrynosomatidae

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image_caption = Texas Horned Lizard ("Phrynosoma cornutum")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Iguania
familia = Phrynosomatidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Callisaurus"
"Cophosaurus"
"Holbrookia"
"Petrosaurus"
"Phrynosoma"
"Sator"
"Sceloporus"
"Uma"
"Urosaurus"
"Uta"

Phrynosomatidae is a diverse family of lizards, found from Panama to the extreme south of Canada. Many members of the group are adapted to life in hot, sandy deserts, although the spiny lizards prefer rocky deserts or even relatively moist forest edges, and the short-horned lizard lives in prarie or sagebrush environments. The group includes both egg-laying and viviparous species, with the latter being more common in species living at high elevationcite book |editor=Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.|author= Bauer, Aaron M.|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|pages= 142-144|isbn= 0-12-178560-2] .

Genera

Family Phrynosomatidae
* Zebra-tailed lizards, "Callisaurus"
* Greater earless lizard, "Cophosaurus"
* Earless lizards, "Holbrookia"
* California rock lizards, "Petrosaurus"
* Horned lizards, "Phrynosoma"
* Sators, "Sator"
* Spiny lizards, "Sceloporus"
* Fringe-toed lizards, "Uma"
* Tree and brush lizards, "Urosaurus"
* Side-blotched lizards, "Uta"

References