The price of desert horned lizards is generally 100-1,000 yuan, and the prices may vary in different regions. The desert horned lizard is a small to medium-sized lizard native to North America. There are three subspecies. It has 2 pairs of appendages, an external ear hole, and the tympanic membrane is located on the surface or is deeply sunk. Eyes have movable eyelids and nictitating membrane. The tongue is well developed, flat and muscular. The left and right halves of the mandible are firmly connected by bone sutures, and the opening of the mouth is limited. It feeds on insects or other arthropods, with Western harvest ants accounting for 60-90% of its diet. It also eats termites, beetles, crickets, grasshoppers and other small insects. Among them, the southern subspecies of the desert horned lizard (also known as the short-horned lizard) is listed as a protected species under CITES II of the Washington Convention.
The horned lizard has a very good protective color. It is sand-colored all over, exactly the same as the color of the desert environment. This makes it difficult for large, vicious reptiles, birds, or other animals to spot them. Horned lizards use protective coloration not only to deal with enemies, but also to confuse prey. They often stay in one place and remain motionless. Once the prey mistakes them for sand dunes or rocks and comes towards them, the horned lizards will open their mouths wide and swallow the prey in one bite. The horned lizard also has many sharp and hard scales on its body, each scale is like a sharp dagger, which is an important defensive weapon of the horned lizard.
