Holbrookia elegans

Holbrookia elegans, the elegant earless lizard,[1] is a species of lizard native to the United States and Mexico.[2]

Holbrookia elegans

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Holbrookia
Species:
H. elegans
Binomial name
Holbrookia elegans
Bocourt, 1874

Description

It is a small lizard, about 3 in (76 mm) long and is gray or tan.[3] The tail length is longer than the body's.[4]

gollark: Still, I think on the whole we're better off disease-wise than the people of, say, 400 years ago.
gollark: Hmm, I suppose so on the population densities one.
gollark: I mean, spreading them better because of increased global travel, sure, but we can also actually treat them now (ish).
gollark: <@354360619622727681> How did we/advanced technology go around causing *viruses* and *diseases*?
gollark: I think if we do end up going extinct for whatever reason it'll be either humanity wiping each other out or gradual decline and collapse.

References
  1. "Holbrookia elegans". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  2. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  3. "Elegant Earless Lizard (Holbrookia elegans) - Reptiles of Arizona". www.reptilesofaz.org. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  4. "Elegant Earless Lizard - Tucson Herpetological Society". tucsonherpsociety.org. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
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