Color varies with habitat from tan to reddish-brown to gray. We saw this one in southeast Tucson in April 2008. He stopped and let us take these pictures of him. Afterwe were done he stuck around for a while watching us, then went into the shade and he became even harder to see
These feed mostly on Ants, which are hard to digest, so they eat a lot of them.
Regal Horned Lizards have squirt a bloody fluid from around their eyes that irritates canines (coyotes)
Regal horned lizards are the largest U.S. species of horned lizard
The distinguishing feature of Regal horned lizard are the four long horns on the back of the head which touch each other at the head
The Regal horned lizard live across southeastern Arizona at elevations ranging from 900' to 4,500’
RE: Regal Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma solare) Rating: 5.00 out of 10
Sun Jul 5 2009 2: 59 pm
A very, er, regal lizard if I ever saw one.
He (she?) would make a great logo for an Arizona arms manufacturer. I for one would buy a quality AK with this lizard engraved on the receiver. Maybe even a nice bas-relief engraving on the buttstock. Way cooler than those traditional duck engravings on custom shotguns.
A very handsome little devil for sure!
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