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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).
English: Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), Armstrong County, Texas, USA. This lizard was photographed in the field on the natural soil where it was found, on ...
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 ...
Robyn Doege, an assistant curator for aquatic ectotherms, holds a Texas Horned Lizard for the grand reopening of the reimagined Mountains & Desert exhibit in the Fort Worth Zoo on Thursday June 20 ...
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 Mountains and Desert habitat reopened Thursday after being closed for two years due to renovations. Thirteen new species, including the Texas horned lizard, are now on exhibit.
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.
Technically, the TCU mascot is the Texas horned lizard, or Phrynosoma cornutum, and is a reptile. The common name comes from the horns on their heads, which can vary among species. People also ...