Texas horned lizard
phrynosoma cornutum latin

Texas horned lizards may be native to Louisiana and Arkansas.

In recent years, the Texas horned lizard has declined by about 30% of its range, though there is some indication it may be making a comeback.

Doss has farm livestock and the armadillo and Texas horned lizard.

In the 1950's an unconfirmed capture of a Texas Horned Lizard near the park was reported.

There is abundant wildlife in this arid prairie environment, including mountain lions, butterflies, and the Texas horned lizard.

The Texas horned lizard is now a protected species, and it is illegal to take, possess, transport or sell them without a special permit.

Egg-eating fire ants have reduced the Texas horned lizard (Texas) from part of its range.

The largest-bodied and most widely distributed of the US species is the Texas horned lizard (P. cornutum).

About 70% of the Texas horned lizard's diet is made up of harvester ants, though they supplement these with termites, beetles, and grasshoppers.

The most numerous and widespread subspecies of Texas horned lizard is found in the Panhandle region of Texas.

Texas horned lizard The Desert Horned Lizard does not have the ability to squirt blood from its eyes.

The Texas horned lizard, which is threatened by loss of habitat, pesticides and development in Texas and Oklahoma, is thriving in the park.

In common names, Arizona and Texas were represented by the Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake and Texas horned lizard.

The "horned frog" nickname and mascot refer to the Texas horned lizard, as known as the "horned frog".

Research aimed at preservation has revealed the Texas horned lizard is extremely genetically diverse, and isolated pockets of genetically distinct subspecies have been found throughout Texas.

The Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is one of about 14 North American species of spikey-bodied reptiles called horned lizards.

Texas honored the Texas horned lizard in 1993, but private Texas Christian University has had the associated mascot the Horned Frog since 1896.

The Texas horned lizard is the state reptile of Texas and, as the "horned frog", is the mascot of Texas Christian University.

Gently rolling hills, ravines, and bottomlands laced with creeks shelter wildlife as common as white-tailed deer and as unusual as the Texas horned lizard, a State endangered species.

Mountains and Desert completes the tour in a mine shaft where visitors can see bats, dung beetles, Texas horned lizards, Western diamondback rattlesnakes, and other animals endemic to the area.

Texas stresses the conservation needs of the Texas horned lizard: "It is perhaps most appropriate for designation as an official state symbol because, like many other things truly Texan, it is a threatened species."

Other fauna located along the bay include Bobcats, White-tailed deer, River otters, Texas horned lizards, Reddish egret, White-tailed Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, the piping plover and alligators.

The Texas horned lizard is a sunbather, and requires bright sunlight to produce vitamin D. Deprived of sunlight, the animal will be unable to produce vitamin D and will suffer from vitamin deficiency.

The Broad-headed Skink, Prairie Racerunner, Red-lipped Plateau Lizard, Northern Earless Lizard, Eastern Collared Lizard, and Texas Horned Lizard are also indigenous to the area.

With Phrynosoma (horned lizards), Wyoming specified the entire genus, but Texas specified Phrynosoma cornutum.

The Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is one of about 14 North American species of spikey-bodied reptiles called horned lizards.

Texas designated the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), the official state reptile in 1993 and the "horned frog" is the mascot of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.