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title: "Keeled Earless Lizard"
description: "Holbrookia propinqua — Reptielen. Holbrookia propinqua, commonly known as the keeled earless lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/keeled-earless-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Keeled Earless Lizard

> Holbrookia propinqua — Reptielen. Holbrookia propinqua, commonly known as the keeled earless lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.

- Scientific name: *Holbrookia propinqua*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 1650
- Wikidata: [Q3274933](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274933)
- iNaturalist taxon: [36339](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36339)

## Names

- en: Keeled Earless Lizard
- es: Lagartija sorda carinata

## Countries with the most observations

US (1506), MX (86)

## Summary

Holbrookia propinqua, commonly known as the keeled earless lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.

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

## Photo

![Keeled Earless Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/keeled-earless-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chris (CP) and Pamela (PP) Pipes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137910391

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/keeled-earless-lizard?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).