The Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project is funded, totally through donations. It costs a little more than $100,000 per year. Much of that money goes to providing food for the adult and baby ...

Adult lizards subsist on red harvester ants. (© Seth Patterson/Texas Highways) San Antonio Zoo’s Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project is housed in a tin-sided warehouse, far from the zoo’s ...

A unique reptile in both appearance and behavior, the Texas horned lizard is a favorite of many people, especially older Texans. Young people may have never seen Texas horned lizards, as they ...

The lizard is on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species, as are California's two other horned lizards, the desert and flat-tailed horned lizards.

Discover the fascinating features of the Texas horned lizard, the official state reptile known for its unique horns and remarkable defense mechanisms, in the face of habitat loss and urbanization.

October 3, 2018 – These bumpy reptiles are Texas horned lizards, also known as “horny toads.” Once common in Texas, the lizard is now a threatened species there.

Most folks call them horned toads, but they are, indeed, horned lizards. A Texas legend has it that this kind of lizard can live 100 years without food or water, though scientists disagree.

With all due respect to TCU, the school got its mascot wrong. Their mascot is really a horned lizard, not a horned frog. But then, lots of us get it wrong.

Once common, the Texas horned lizard is now a species of concern. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation. Open Search Cloudy icon. 50 ...