---
title: "Blainville's Horned Lizard"
description: "Phrynosoma blainvillii — Reptiles. The San Diego horned lizard or Blainville's horned lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard native to southern and central California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blainville-s-horned-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blainville's Horned Lizard

> Phrynosoma blainvillii — Reptiles. The San Diego horned lizard or Blainville's horned lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard native to southern and central California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Phrynosoma blainvillii*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8853
- Wikidata: [Q5314623](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5314623)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146354](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146354)

## Names

- en: Blainville's Horned Lizard
- de: Texas-Krötenechse
- es: Camaleón del noroeste
- fr: Phrynosome Couronné

## Countries with the most observations

US (8119), MX (456)

## Summary

The San Diego horned lizard or Blainville's horned lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard native to southern and central California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico. As of 2016, the this species is considered a priority 2 California species of special concern.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_horned_lizard

## Photo

![Blainville's Horned Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blainville-s-horned-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/114323650

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blainville-s-horned-lizard?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).