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The Texas horned lizard is the largest-bodied and most widely distributed of the roughly 21 species of horned lizards in the western United States and Mexico. The Texas horned lizard exhibits sexual dimorphism, with the females being larger with a snout-vent length of around 5 in (13 cm), whereas the males reach around 3.7 in (9.4 cm).
Texas designated the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) as the official state reptile in 1993. [12] Wyoming’s state reptile is the “Horn Toad”, the greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi). [13] [14] The "TCU Horned Frog" is the mascot of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The "Horned Toad" is also the ...
This list of reptiles of Texas includes the snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles native to the U.S. state of Texas.. Texas has a large range of habitats, from swamps, coastal marshes and pine forests in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the center, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west, and grassland prairie in the north.
Synonymous with "horny toad," the Texas horned lizard is a spiky reptile famous for its ability to shoot blood from its eyes as a defense mechanism. Much like the state's official large mammal ...
Also referred to as the horned toad, horny toad and horned frog, the Texas horned lizard has lineage that traces back to dinosaurs. The tiny three-inch-long species joined the threatened list in ...
The Texas Hill Country just got 617 new lizards, courtesy of the Fort Worth Zoo and its conservation partners.
The Castner Range is part of the Chihuahuan Desert. The Mexican gold poppy blooms across the site in the spring. [2] Animals that live in the Franklin Mountains include the mountain plover, Texas horned lizard, western burrowing owl, and Franklin Mountain talus snail. [4]
Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) LC and: [n 2] Blainville's horned lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii) Short-horned lizards (Phrynosoma douglasii species complex): [11] Pygmy short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglasii) LC; Species treated by SSAR as subspecies [3] of the greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi) LC. Hernandez's ...