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Short-horned Lizard
(Phrynosoma hernandesi)

Formerly listed as conspecific with Phrynosoma douglassii.

Last Updated on January 20, 2000.

Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)

Description:: 2½" to 4" snout-vent length; to 6" overall. Color brownish to grayish, with darker blotches usually in transverse rows. Often with lighter speckles. Light stripe down back faint or absent. Very short horns and chin shields. One row of pointed scales along sides.

Elevation Range:: Up to 5700' in northeast Colorado, to 11,000' in southwestern Colorado, and to 8000' elsewhere.

County	Ref.	County	Ref.	County	Ref.	County	Ref.
Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi)
Adams	H	Dolores	H	La Plata	H	Pitkin
Alamosa	H	Douglas	H	Lake		Prowers
Arapahoe	*	Eagle		Larimer	H	Pueblo	H
Archuleta	H	El Paso	H	Las Animas	H	Rio Blanco	H
Baca	*	Elbert	H	Lincoln	H	Rio Grande	H
Bent	*	Fremont	H	Logan	H	Routt
Boulder	H	Garfield	H	Mesa	H	Saguache	H
Chaffee		Gilpin		Mineral	*	San Juan	*
Cheyenne	H	Grand		Moffat	H	San Miguel	H
Clear Creek		Gunnison	*	Montezuma	H	Sedgwick	*
Conejos	H	Hinsdale	*	Montrose	H	Summit
Costilla	H	Huerfano	H	Morgan	H	Teller	*
Crowley	H	Jackson		Otero	H	Washington	*
Custer	H	Jefferson	H	Ouray	HMS4	Weld	H
Delta	H	Kiowa	SM3, EB4	Park		Yuma
Denver	H	Kit Carson	*	Phillips	*

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