Coast Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma blainvillii  Gray, 1839
Taxonomic Comments:
  • Brattstrom (1997 Journal of Herpetology 31(3): 434-436) recommended that the subspecies blainvillii and frontale not be recognized.
  • Montanucci [2004 Geographic variation in Phrynosoma coronatum (Lacertilia, Phrynosomatidae): Further evidence for a Peninsular Archipelago. Herpetologica 60(1): 117-139] restricted the name coronatum to populations in southern Baja California. He applied name Phrynosoma blainvillii to all populations in the United States. Standard common name remains Coast Horned Lizard.

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