Also known as horny toads, Texas horned lizards have been classified as a threatened species in Texas since 1977. The decline ...

If you’ve lived in Texas for a while, you may have run across a tiny lizard with an identity crisis. Most folks call them horned toads, but they are, indeed, horned lizards. A Texas legend has ...

Visitors can now see him next to the bongos as he settles into his new home. Texas horned lizards, Caldwell Zoo, Dallas Zoo and San Antonio Zoo Since August 2021, Caldwell Zoo’s Texas Horned ...

Kade has kept a nature journal for most of his life. But he really became devoted to nature after he moved to a house with a big field behind it, where he first saw a Texas horned lizard (also called ...

The short-horned lizard is often referred to as a “horned toad” or “horny toad” because its squat, flattened shape and short, blunt snout give it a toad-ish look. There are over a dozen ...

This prompted the researchers to examine the skin and scales of the lizards in detail, using high-powered microscopes. They found that two species, Australian thorny devils and the Texas horned ...

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 ...

Since August 2021, Caldwell Zoo’s Texas Horned Lizard Conservation Center has successfully hatched hundreds of baby horny toads, including more than 70 this year alone, according to a recent ...

Visitors can now see him next to the bongos as he settles into his new home. Since August 2021, Caldwell Zoo’s Texas Horned Lizard Conservation Center has successfully hatched hundreds of baby horny ...