The species is believed to exist nowhere else except a single peak within a mountain range in southern China, researchers ...

Texans can vote on three potential designs to update the horned lizard plate, which was the first conservation-themed plate.

The Yezhong horned toad is only found on a single mountain peak in the Yezhong Nature Reserve, according to a study. Photo by Liu J, Feng C-B, Shen T, Li S-Z, Cheng Y, Wei G, Wang B, Su H (2025 ...

The Texas horned lizard, often affectionately called the “horny toad,” is a striking reptile that looks like it stepped out of prehistory. Its body is broad and flat, ...

The Yezhong horned toad is only found on a single mountain peak in the Yezhong Nature Reserve, according to a study. Photo by Liu J, Feng C-B, Shen T, Li S-Z, Cheng Y, Wei G, Wang B, Su H (2025).

The Yezhong horned toad is only found on a single mountain peak in the Yezhong Nature Reserve, according to a study. Photo by Liu J, Feng C-B, Shen T, Li S-Z, Cheng Y, Wei G, Wang B, Su H (2025 ...

A horned toad is not a toad, nor a frog. It is a lizard, a reptile, which through the ages has developed a broad, squat, warty body. It looks like a batrachian, save for its short, sharp tail.

Biggest controversy: Horned toads were nearly casualties of Ol’ Rip’s popularity. The animals’ popularity soared once Rip caught the public imagination, and they were sold as souvenirs by ...

Why they're awesome: Greater short-horned lizards have a squat, flat shape and short snouts, which makes them look more like amphibians than reptiles — hence the nickname "horny toads." But ...

“I caught an adult horned toad, and he sprayed blood on me through his eyes, just like they’re supposed to,” Parker said when I could hear better. Then it all made sense.