Reptiles of Fossil Butte National Monument
The 2 reptiles you can find at Fossil Butte National Monument, like the Greater short-horned lizard — sizes, diets, and whether you should worry.
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Reptile Greater short-horned lizard
Phrynosoma hernandesi
A flat, spiky, dirt-colored lizard, sometimes called a horned toad, that can squirt blood from its eyes at a coyote and gives birth to live young.
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Reptile Western terrestrial garter snake
Thamnophis elegans
A slim, striped snake found from stream banks to talus slopes across ten of these parks, and the most commonly seen reptile in several of them.