desert+horned+lizard

Desert Horned Lizard P. platyrhinos The desert hormed lizard is in the phrynosomatidae family. they matur papidly in the summer. it takes three years for them to be full grown. they're born in july and august. they are called young when there hatched. but they are treated like an adult.they have to hunt by themselves and care most of time by its self. they eat by their tiny jaw in there mouth. they have small teeth but still able to eat. they eat insects like beetles, butterflies, spiders and, plant marerial. there are some differance between male horned lizards and female horned lizard. their colors are different. males have bright colorful colors and the female has plan dark colors. also males are bigger then the female horned lizards. Females can hatch two to sixteen cluth sized eggs. this happenes right after the winter. their adaption is very key of why they live in the desert. first is that they hibernate under the hot hand sand. they sometimes come out for food but most of them come out in the spring. another way is to lay in the sun flat on a rock to get the most radiation from the sun. the last is that they are most active in the middle of the day. their are different kinda of lizards in there family but there are just only lizards in the family.all the lizards have some of the same things. they have scaly skin all around there body. they have clawed feet for catching. long tail is very week and can come off, but not all have week tails. some examples of lizards in there family are yellow-black lizard, sagebrush lizard, eastern fence lizard and, canyon lizard.