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title: "Mountain Horned Lizard"
description: "Phrynosoma orbiculare — Gady. The Mexican Plateau horned lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) is a species of horned lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/mountain-horned-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mountain Horned Lizard

> Phrynosoma orbiculare — Gady. The Mexican Plateau horned lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) is a species of horned lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.

- Scientific name: *Phrynosoma orbiculare*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 4036
- Wikidata: [Q338991](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338991)
- iNaturalist taxon: [36307](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36307)

## Names

- en: Mountain Horned Lizard
- de: Mexikanische Kurzhorn-Krötenechse
- es: Camaleón de montaña
- nl: Mexican Plateau horned lizard

## Countries with the most observations

MX (3600)

## Summary

The Mexican Plateau horned lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) is a species of horned lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species, also known commonly as the Chihuahua Desert horned lizard, is endemic to Mexico. There are five recognized subspecies. The specific epithet, orbiculare, comes from the Latin adjective orbis, meaning "circular".

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

## Photo

![Mountain Horned Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mountain-horned-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: macro_biologist · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/384077083

## Machine access

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