Texas Horned Lizard

Texas Horned Lizard

Phrynosoma cornutum

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Big Bend National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
0–10
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
0–10
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
2 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
3 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Texas Horned Lizard in Big Bend National Park?

About 8% of visitor-days record a Texas Horned Lizard sighting in Big Bend National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Texas Horned Lizard in Big Bend National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Texas Horned Lizard in Big Bend National Park in our monthly data.

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