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desert horned lizard

Phrynosoma platyrhinos

Description:

This was the smallest desert horned lizard I had ever seen! I've seen a ton of these lizards and this one was remarkable.

Habitat:

Found living around Wyoming big sagebrush, antelope bitterbrush, rabbitbrush and various grasses and herbs.

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26 Comments (1–25)

ArisL
ArisL a month ago

Just adorable. Love this.

Abby Ccga
Abby Ccga 9 years ago

Oh my goodness!! <3

snakes are cool
snakes are cool 9 years ago

It's tiny!!

sarah in the woods
sarah in the woods 9 years ago

Remarkable indeed! Adorable and awesome spotting!

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 10 years ago

How adorable!

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 10 years ago

Cool! I love it!

Elsa
Elsa 10 years ago

ahhh.. that is SO CUTE!!!!

Olivia Chee
Olivia Chee 10 years ago

Super cute!

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 10 years ago

Very cute and how small it is!

Dixie
Dixie 10 years ago

I agree. So cute!

Fyn  Kynd
Fyn Kynd 10 years ago

OMGOSH!!! It's so cute! Great spot!

ChimeTsetan
ChimeTsetan 11 years ago

looks super cute.. :)

Saarbrigger
Saarbrigger 11 years ago

Amazing creature.

DominguezLopezMoi
DominguezLopezMoi 11 years ago

Beautifull....Nice picture i loved

Lily Barth
Lily Barth 11 years ago

Lovely series!

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

beautiful!

DerrickLK
DerrickLK 11 years ago

Apple, I spotted this in south-central Idaho. The coordinates should show the spotting in between Twin Falls and the Nevada border.

Apple
Apple 11 years ago

Very cool! If you sighted in Wyoming, can you edit your spotting to reflect that?

maldrum
maldrum 11 years ago

Brilliant!

Carolina Espinoza
Carolina Espinoza 11 years ago

beautiful little !!!

misako
misako 11 years ago

So cute!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wow!

DerrickLK
DerrickLK 11 years ago

Thanks everybody!!! I was using a Sony Cybershot DSC-W80. It was only 7.2 mp but it took great macro shots.

JennaD.
JennaD. 11 years ago

I really love this. Its so small! What camera do you use?

ShannaB
ShannaB 11 years ago

Love it!!!!

DerrickLK
Spotted by
DerrickLK

Idaho, United States

Spotted on Aug 16, 2008
Submitted on Feb 17, 2012

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