The La Plata dolphin, franciscana or toninha (Pontoporia blainvillei) is a species of river dolphin found in coastal Atlantic waters of southeastern South America. [4] . It is a member of the Inioidea group and the only one that lives in the ocean and saltwater estuaries, rather than inhabiting exclusively freshwater systems.

The San Diego horned lizard or Blainville's horned lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard native to southern and central California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico. [3] As of 2016, the coast horned lizard is considered a priority 2 California species of special concern. [4]

Califa and Caitanya de Vico (aka Gypsettwins) show off some of the horned lizards they saw on a fun spring hike in the Los Angeles County hills. Blainville's Horned Lizards are covered with small granular scales interspersed with larger pointed scales.

Unusual Mating Position by a Pair of Blainville’s Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma blainvillii) in the San Joaquin Desert, California. Western Wildlife 3:27-28. - get paper here

2023年5月17日 · Here, we report on the first scaffold-level genome assembly for P. blainvillii, 1 of 250 species included in the California Conservation Genomics Project (CCGP: Shaffer et al. 2022) and the second species of Phrynosoma with a full genome assembly (the first being the desert horned lizard P. platyrhinos [MUOH_PhPlat_1.1]: Koochekian et al. 2022).

The Coast or Blainville’s Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma blainvilli) is considered to be an odd-looking creature by many people. Squat, flat bodied, and short-tailed with a wide head covered in spines, it causes one to consider the little lizard a miniature relic from the age of dinosaurs.

2020年10月31日 · Blainville’s horned lizard, Phrynosoma blainvilli, is a widespread species native to the southern two-thirds of California and adjacent Baja California. Under current taxonomy it is essentially a California endemic that is widely distributed in the coast ranges from the Bay Area south into extreme northern Baja California, the Sacramento and ...

P. blainvillii face a number of factors that are contributing to their population declines. Habitat degradation and loss, human population growth and urbanization, and the introduction of exotic species into suitable lizard habitat have all had negative impacts on

2000年4月2日 · After many failed attempts to find Phrynosoma blainvillii at Pinnacles National Monument, I finally found success in a rocky riverbed. The first horned lizard of the day was mildly agitated by our insistent photography and jumped up onto a rock in a feeble, horned-lizard-style attempt to get away.

The San Diego horned lizard or Blainville's horned lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard native to southern and central California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico.