Phrynosoma platyrhinos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Phrynosoma
Species:
Subspecies (2): P. p. calidiarum – P. p. platyrhinos

Phrynosoma platyrhinos Girard in Baird & Girard, 1852: 69

Syntypes (4): USNM 189 (3 specimens), 1 adult ♂ and 2 adult indet., and MCZ 5948, subadult ♀, collected by Capt. Stansbury's party, date unknown.
Type locality: “Great Salt Lake”, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.

Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1852. Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. First Part. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 68–70. BHL Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Phrynosoma platyrhinos. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 October 2019.
Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Gadsden, H. 2019. IUCN: Phrynosoma platyrhinos (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T89974770A89975571. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T89974770A89975571.en