The San Diego Horned Lizard

The San Diego Horned Lizard, or mostly known as just the Horned Lizard, is a very native animal to the San Diego area. There are some of these lizards all over southern California, and they even are in some parts of northern Mexico. The scientific name for the Horned Lizard is actually Phrynosoma. This lizard is called the horned lizard because of it's blunt nose. The horns on its back are actually not horns at all, they are actually just bumps in its back, that give the illusion to predators that it is worse than it really is. Their skin actually can become camouflage, and can help protect them from any other predators as well. This is a very unique lizard, and it actually is a pretty special animal to have here in the San Diego area. Unlike many of the other San Diego native animals, this specific lizard is not endangered. Here in San Diego though, there was a decline in the actual amount of these lizards because of different pesticides that were used to eliminate ants. It was unfortunate, but it did not cause this animal to become endangered.
This specific lizard is pretty unique to have. There are not many places in the world that have special animals like this. San Diego has many animals like this, but this one in particular is pretty cool. There are so many people who believe that since this animal is not endangered, that there is nothing more we can do, but in reality, there is so much that we could all do. I realize that while ants are pretty annoying, and using a product like raid really does help reduce the amount of ants we have to deal with, it really does effect that San Diego Horned Lizard. We all need to think harder about the amount of pesticides we use, and also think about using organic pesticides to increase the amount of these San Diego Horned Lizards in our home areas.