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horned lizard

NOUN
  1. insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America

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  • Several lizard species that are adapted to the exposed, sun-baked landscape of West Texas are indicative of the succulent desert shrubland: the round-tailed horned lizard, the checkered whiptail, and the greater earless lizard. Ecoregions of Texas (EPA)
  • They were piled high with supplies and yoked to two matched horned lizards apiece, the kind of dray animals who could handle smooth roads or rough trails with ease. The Day of the Dissonance
  • The horned lizard is a seemingly normal looking lizard found in the southwest region of the United States.
  • Most North American lizards belong to this family, including the collared lizards, the utas, the swifts, the so-called horned toads, or horned lizards, and the American chameleon, or anole (not a true chameleon).
  • It's a greater/mountain short-horned lizard, Phrynosoma hernandesi. Field Update
  • They were piled high with supplies and THE DAY OF TOR DISSONANCE yoked to two matched horned lizards apiece, the kind of dray animals who could handle smooth roads or rough trails with ease. The Day of the Dissonance
  • Several lizard species that are adapted to the exposed, sun-baked landscape of West Texas are indicative of the succulent desert shrubland: the round-tailed horned lizard, the checkered whiptail, and the greater earless lizard. Ecoregions of Texas (EPA)
  • The many reptiles include the common chuckwalla, Texas horned lizard, desert spiny lizard, and various species of rattlesnakes. Chihuahuan Semidesert Province (Bailey)
  • The horned lizard Phrynosoma mcalli apparently uses the horns on its head to deter the shrike, a bird fond of impaling lizards on thorns or barbed wire for later consumption.
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