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
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