Species Profile
Phrynosoma
Horned lizard
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Phrynosoma inhabits arid regions.
Terrestrial and insectivorous.
Highly adapted to desert life.
Size & Structure
01
Broad flattened body
02
Horn-like projections
03
Sandy brown colour
04
Short tail
Phrynosoma — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed brain and spinal cord
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, incomplete double
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton (bony)
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Controls ant population
Desert ecosystem role
Prey for birds
Economic Importance
Ecological studies
Adaptation research
Biodiversity conservation