Mexican Plateau horned lizard Mexican Plateau horned lizard The Mexican Plateau horned lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) is a species of horned lizard. It is also known as the Chihuahua Desert horned lizard. The specific epithet, "orbiculare", comes from the Latin adjective "orbis", meaning "circular". "Phrynosoma orbiculare" has a characteristic single row of lateral abdominal fringe scales. This "horned toad" also has two short occipital horns. "P. orbiculare" is found only in the high plateau country of central Mexico. Specifically, it is found in the states of Chihuahua, Durango, and Nuevo León. Its range continues southeast through Morelos, Puebla and Veracruz. "P. orbiculare" occurs in a
Berber toad Mountains. It breeds in fresh or brackish still or slow-flowing bodies of water. The females deposit approximately 5,000–10,000 eggs. During the day the adults hide under rocks or in tunnels. Originally placed in the genus "Bufo" but was placed in the African genus "Amietophrynus" for the former 20-chromosome ""Bufo"" in 2009 and then "Amietophrynus" was renamed "Sclerophrys" as the type species "Sclerophrys capensis" was named as such, so "Amietophrynus" is a junior synonym of "Sclerophrys". Berber toad The Berber toad, also known as Mauritanian toad, Moroccan toad, pantherine toad or Moorish toad ("Sclerophrys mauritanica"), is a species of toad in