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Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Phrynosoma_douglasi…IMAGE INFORMATION

Horned Lizard, said to be brought from the N.W. Coast

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

November 1812

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 63

Notes:

This specimen may have been the pygmy short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglasii), which occurs in the northwestern United States as well as in the southwestern Canada.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Pygmy short-horned lizard

Current Scientific Name

Phrynosoma douglasii