Phrynosoma modestum

A rock-mimic horned lizard. Not particularly horny.

An adult male pretending to be a rock below the east side of the Black Range, Sierra County, New Mexico, 4 Jun 2006.

An adult female on the way to Terlingua, Brewster County, Texas, 23 Apr 2005.

An adult male at Peña Blanca, southwestern Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 16 Oct 2005.

A juvenile near Fig Haven on the east slope of the San Andres Mountains, White Sands Missile Range, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 13 Oct 2007.

The same critter on my thumb, 13 Oct 2007.

A juvenile near Flat Lake, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 31 Jul 2007.

And, yeah, on my thumb. Cute little guys, aren't they? 31 Jul 2007.

An adult male in Doña Ana County, NM, on the east side of Las Cruces, 4/2/05.

An adult male in Doña Ana County, NM, on the east side of Las Cruces, 4/2/05.

Doña Ana County, NM, on the east side of Las Cruces, 9/24/04.

Doña Ana County, NM, on the east side of Las Cruces, 4/2/05.