Greater short-horned lizard Greater short-horned lizard The greater short-horned lizard ("Phrynosoma hernandesi"), also commonly known as the mountain short-horned lizard, is a species of lizard endemic to western North America. Like other horned lizards, it is often called a "horned toad" or "horny toad", but it is not a toad at all. It is a reptile, not an amphibian. It is one of seven native species of lizards in Canada. The specific name, "hernandesi", honors Francisco Hernández (1514–1587) a Spanish physician who wrote an early account of a horned lizard, which was published in 1615. The greater short-horned lizard is often mistaken for
Mongolian toad spiders and beetles. The Mongolian toad was classed as "Bufo raddei" prior to the 2006 definition of the genus "Pseudepidalea". Other closely related species include the European green toad, "Pseudepidale viridis". Mongolian toad The Mongolian toad ("Pseudepidalea raddei"), also known as the piebald toad or Siberian sand toad, is a species of toad found in East Asia. It ranges through much of China, Mongolia, and the Russian Far East, and is also found in the northern Korean Peninsula. According to Kuzmin et al., but has never been detected in South Korea. It is particularly common in the Amur River basin