A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Phrynosoma solare has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections2
Countries1
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualPhrynosoma solare carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 34 n = 17
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin22 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 815 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 869
Museum / vouchered946
Origin
Native118
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 780 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy73% within 1 km
≤100 m 865≤1 km 274≤10 km 144>10 km 288
1 571 georeferenced · 298 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 869
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy52% within 1 km
≤100 m 147≤1 km 40≤10 km 107>10 km 64
358 georeferenced · 588 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence946
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions22 of 41 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Zacatecas, MX
227
ASUlocation not on record
130
Berkeley, US
77
CASlocation not on record
69
Los Angeles, US
68
Ann Arbor, US
45
San Diego, US
38
München, DE
35
Champaign, US
29
Tlalnepantla, MX
28
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
22
21
Washington, US
17
New Haven, US
17
EL PASO, US
15
Wuzhou, CN
15
University of California Los Angeleslocation not on record
12
Texas Memorial Museum, Texas Natural History Collectionlocation not on record
12
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
12
Cambridge, US
9
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record
8
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
8
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
4
Chicago, US
3
Mexico City, MX
3
San Francisco, US
2
Fort Hays State University, Sternberg Museumlocation not on record
2
University of Minnesota, James Ford Bell Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
2
Brussels, BE
2
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoologylocation not on record
1
Seattle, US
1
Tempe, US
1
Fort Worth Museum of Science & Historylocation not on record
1
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
1
University of Texas at Arlingtonlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
ASNHClocation not on record
1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record
1
41 institutions · 944 of 946 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Phrynosoma solare was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found2
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median19.9 °C 19.6–20.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.6 °C
Max temp (day)27.4 °C 27.2–27.5
Min temp (night)11.6 °C 11.2–12.0
Precipitation11.0 mm/mo 10.7–11.2
Air humidity39.4 % 39.2–39.7
Moisture balance-136 mm/mo -139–-134
Vapour deficit1,415 Pa 1,384–1,447
Wind speed2.50 m/s 2.30–2.80
Cloud cover24.3 % 24.2–24.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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