Base color is tan, orange-brown, or reddish brown and typically matches the sand on which the lizard lives; the back is marked with rows of dark, circular blotches. HABITAT: The flat-tailed horned ...

Gavin Schreiner and Nick Rainwater, longtime friends from their days at Matilija Junior High School, encountered a horned lizard, listed as a California Species of Special Concern by California Fish ...