“The Texas horned lizard is an animal that I remember playing with every summer as a kid. It’s just kind of a unique, cute, iconic Texas species,” said Killian, who also works full-time as a wildlife ...

These odd-looking and sometimes rather cute creatures comprise over 4,675 ... so they can better navigate by the sun. The horned lizard has developed a bunch of amazing adaptations to avoid ...

Although the name is horned frog, the species' real is name is "Texas horned lizard" because it has spikes. But in Texas, the animal is known as a horned frog. The school earned the name when the ...

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 ...

Experts estimate the Horned Lizard has disappeared from as much as 30% of its natural habitat. Agricultural practices, encroachment by humans and the elimination of its primary food source ...