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The thorny devil was first described by the biologist John Edward Gray in 1841. While it is the only species contained in the genus Moloch, many taxonomists suspect another species might remain to be found in the wild. [2] The thorny devil is only distantly related to the morphologically similar North American horned lizards of the genus ...
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 ...
A horned frog is a Texas lizard. It’s not a frog. Don’t ask. (The “Horned Frog” hand sign used since 1980 shows the horned lizard’s “horns.” That is not a claw. Or a bunny rabbit.)
[2] Qunari: Dragon Age: Giant, metallic skinned, and horned people whose name comes from their religious text, the Qun. Rito: The Legend of Zelda: A race of bird-like humans distantly related to the Zoras. In order to fly, Rito must obtain and consume a scale from a sky dragon as a rite of passage. Ronso: Final Fantasy X
The flat-tailed horned lizard occurs in areas of fine sand, while the short-horned lizard (P. douglasii) is found in shortgrass prairie all the way up into spruce-fir forest. The most common species in the Arizona Upland subdivision is the regal horned lizard ( P. solare ), which frequents rocky or gravelly habitats of arid to semiarid plains ...
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.
Glass lizards: Slowworm (Anguis fragilis) Anniellidae Gray, 1852: American legless lizards: California legless lizard (Anniella pulchra) Xenosauridae Cope, 1866: Knob-scaled lizards: Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) Gekkota: Family Common Names Example Species Example Photo Dibamidae Boulenger, 1884: Blind lizards: Dibamus ...
The Great Basin collared lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores), also known as the desert collared lizard or Mojave black-collared lizard, is a species of lizard in the genus Crotaphytus. It is very similar to the common collared lizard (C. collaris) in shape and size, but it lacks the bright extravagant colors of that species. Males can be brown to ...