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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 ...
The Texas Horned Lizard is the official state reptile of Texas. Synonymous with "horny toad," the Texas horned lizard is a spiky reptile famous for its ability to shoot blood from its eyes as a ...
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 ...
The Texas Hill Country just got 617 new lizards, courtesy of the Fort Worth Zoo and its conservation partners.
Texas honored the Texas horned lizard in 1993, but private Texas Christian University has had the associated mascot the Horned Frog since 1896. According to legend, the football team identified with the lizards found on the practice field as the athletes and reptiles were similarly scrappy.
Ol' Rip in his coffin in Eastland County Courthouse. Ol' Rip the Horned Toad (died January 19, 1929) was a Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), commonly referred to as a "horned toad" or "horny toad", which supposedly survived a 31-year hibernation as an entombed animal following its exhumation from a cornerstone in Eastland, Texas, on February 18, 1928.
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