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Phrynosomatidae
	Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Sauropsida;
Order:	Squamata;
Suborder:	Iguania;
Family:	Phrynosomatidae;
Genera
	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 prairie or sagebrush environments. The group includes both egg-laying and viviparous species, with the latter being more common in species living at high elevation.^[1]

[edit] Genera

There are 136 species organised into 10 genera in this family.

The earless taxa (Cophosaurus and Holbrookia) are sister 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

[edit] References

^ Bauer, Aaron M. (1998). Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.. ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 142–144. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.

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[EoR-0] Bauer, Aaron M. (1998). Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.. ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 142–144. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.

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