Regal horned lizard
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| Phrynosoma solare | |
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| Species: | P. solare
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| Phrynosoma solare | |
The regal horned lizard (Phrynosoma solare) is a horned lizard species native to Mexico and the Southwest United States.[2]
The regal horned lizard is a small, flat lizard that’s about the size of the palm of your hand. Though it has spikes all around it’s body, the regal horn’s main defense is the ability to squirt blood from it’s eyes.
Diet
They eat mostly harvester ants, and can eat twenty-five hundred ants in one meal. They are slow eaters, because they spend most of their time in the intense heat of the desert during meals.
Habitat
This horned lizard occupies primarily level or gently sloping terrain with openly spaced desert vegetation such as mesquite, creosote bush, and saguaro cactus.[3]
References
Nature’s Monsters: Lizards, Brenda Ralph Lewis, Gareth Stevens publishing,2006 (p 20-21)
External links
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