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Phrynosoma blainvillii frontale Van Denburgh 
California Horned-toad 
OrigINnAL Description.—Phrynosoma frontalis Van Denburgh, 
Proce. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 4, July 12, 1894, p. 296. 
Typp Locauiry.—Bear Valley, San Benito County, California. 
Synonyms.—Phrynosoma blainvilla, part ; Phrynosoma coronatum, 
part; Phrynosoma cornutum; Batrachosoma coronatum; Tapaya 
coronata. 
Common Names.—California Horned Lizard, part ; Spiny-breasted 
Horned Lizard; Blainyille’s Horned Lizard, part; Crowned Horned 
Lizard, part. 
Rance.— West-central California, chiefly west of the desert divides. 
Oceurs north along east side of the Sacramento Valley at least to 
Colfax, Placer County, and along west side of the San Joaquin 
Valley to Traey, San Joaquin County (Bryant, Univ. Calif. Publ. 
Zool., 9, 1911, p. 42) ; west to Berkeley, Alameda County (Mus. Vert. 
Zool.), and to Searsville, San Mateo County, and Pacific Grove, 
Monterey County (Van Denburgh, Oce. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., 5, 
1897, p. 95) ; east to five miles northeast Coulterville (3100 feet alti- 
tude), in Mariposa County (Mus. Vert. Zool.), and Walker Pass (5200 
feet altitude), in Kern County (Bryant, loc. cit.) ; southeast to 5 miles 
south of Neenach, at 4000 feet altitude, and upper Tujunga Canton, 
4500 feet altitude, in northern Los Angeles County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
Intergrades south of latter points, between San Francisquito Canon 
and Pasadena, with P. b. blainvillu. Inhabits the Upper and Lower 
Sonoran life-zones. Lives in arid brushy or open situations. 
Phrynosoma platyrhinos Girard 
Desert Horned-toad 
OrieInAL Description.—Phrynosoma platyrhinos Girard, Stans- 
bury’s Expl. Gt. Salt Lake, 1853, pp. 361, 363-864, pl. 7, figs. 1-5. 
Type Locaniry.—Great Salt Lake, Utah. 
Synonyms.—Anota calidiarum Cope, Amer. Nat., 30, 1896, pp. 
833-834 (type from Death Valley [uncertain]); Phrynosoma cali- 
diarum; Dolrosaurus platyrhinos; Anota platyrhina; Phrynosoma 
coronatum, part. 
Common Names.—Desert Horned Lizard; Ashy Horned Toad; 
