The roundtail horned lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) is one of the smaller species of horned lizard. Their specific epithet is from the Latin word modestum, meaning modest or calm. They are found in the United States, in western Texas, New Mexico eastern Arizona, southeastern Colorado and eight states in northcentral Mexico[2] where they are referred to as "tapayaxtin".
^Hammerson, G.A., Vazquez Díaz, J., Gadsden. H., Quintero Díaz, G.E., Ponce-Campos, P. & Lavin, P. (2007). Phrynosoma modestum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64078A12734244.en
^The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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