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.
An adult on the west side of the Sierra de las Uvas below Pine Canyon, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 2 May 2013.
An adult male at Prehistoric Trackways National Monument in the Robledo Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 17 Mar 2012.
Same critter as above, 17 Mar 2012.
An adult female on the trail to Percha Box, east of Hillsboro, Sierra County, New Mexico, 21 Jul 2012.
Same critter as above, 21 Jul 2012.
Spot the lizard!
Oh, there she is! West side of the Gyp Hills near Buckhorn Road, Sierra County, New Mexico, 17 Sep 2012.
And a friend close by on the west side of the Gyp Hills, 17 Sep 2012.
Another "spot the lizard!"
There she is! Adult female on the southwestern bajada of the Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, 18 Sep 2012.
Guess what? Spot the lizard!
There he is! Northwest of the Mud Springs Mountains, Sierra County, New Mexico, 16 May 2013.
Adult male, northwest of the Mud Springs Mountains, Sierra County, New Mexico, 8 May 2013.
An adult male on the crest of the Fra Cristobal Range, Sierra County, New Mexico, 17 Aug 2013. Prior to being picked up and harassed.
Same critter (yes, really) after being picked up and harassed, 17 Aug 2013.
An adult male on the mesa east of the Black Range near Greenhorn Arroyo, Sierra County, New Mexico, 10 Jul 2013.
An adult female seen a couple meters away, 10 Jul 2013.
An adult on the south bajada of the Pyramid Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, 24 Sep 2012.
An adult near Wicks Gulch on the mesa east of the Black Range, Sierra County, New Mexico, 3 Apr 2013.
A subadult near Wicks Gulch, 4 Apr 2013.
An adult male in Water Canyon in the Jarilla Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico, 31 Oct 2013.
An adult female on the northwest bajada of the San Andres Mountains near Big Gyp Mountain, Sierra County, New Mexico, 13 Aug 2013.
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.