title: Short-tailed horned lizard
text: # Short-tailed horned lizard
  
  The short-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma braconnieri) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is endemic to Mexico. It has a very distinct, shortened tail, which is sometimes not apparent.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific epithet, braconnieri, is in honor of French naturalist Séraphin Braconnier (1812–1884).
  
  ## Description
  
  P. braconnieri has a very short tail relative to its body length, the shortest of the horned lizards, or indeed of any lizard, thus its common name.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  P. braconnieri inhabits pine-oak woodland and xeric thorn-scrub. It can also be found in corn fields or other traditional agricultural areas.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  The short-tailed horned lizard is found in the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca. It may also inhabit Veracruz.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  P. braconnieri is viviparous.
  
  