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

in Texas is that a horned toad can live 100 years without food, water, air or company. At such a legend scientists scoff. A horned toad is not a toad, nor a frog. It is a lizard, a reptile ...

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 ...

THE craziest things get swirled together in El Paso, Texas – horned lizards and chihuahuas, baseball diamonds and city offices, tiny shops selling pants designed to “lift your butt” and ...

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 ...