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title: "Regal horned lizard"
description: "Phrynosoma solare — Reptielen. The regal horned lizard (Phrynosoma solare) is a horned lizard species native to Mexico and the Southwest United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/regal-horned-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Regal horned lizard

> Phrynosoma solare — Reptielen. The regal horned lizard (Phrynosoma solare) is a horned lizard species native to Mexico and the Southwest United States.

- Scientific name: *Phrynosoma solare*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 3295
- Wikidata: [Q338908](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338908)
- iNaturalist taxon: [36301](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36301)

## Names

- en: Regal Horned Lizard
- de: Königskrötenechse
- es: Camaleón real
- nl: Regal horned lizard

## Countries with the most observations

US (2404), MX (732)

## Summary

The regal horned lizard (Phrynosoma solare) is a horned lizard species native to Mexico and the Southwest United States.

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

## Photo

![Regal horned lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/regal-horned-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: lightbed · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/324602134

## Machine access

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