During Rip’s long hibernation, his mouth had “grown together,” and that “if necessary, the mouth will be opened by an ...

So averred honest men who had just dug it out, and one remembered having planned to put a horned toad in the stone at its laying 31 years ago. The idea then, and even now, in Texas is that a ...

Also known as horny toads, Texas horned lizards have been classified as a threatened species in Texas since 1977. The decline of the flat-bodied, spiny reptiles is due to the pet trade ...

The short-horned lizard is often referred to as a “horned toad” or “horny toad” because its squat, flattened shape and short, blunt snout give it a toad-ish look. There are over a dozen ...