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Texas Horned Lizard

Phrynosoma cornutum

The Texas Horned Lizard is a small, spiky reptile that looks like a tiny dinosaur! It can change color to blend in with its surroundings and loves to bask in the sun.

Lebensraum: Desert

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The Texas Horned Lizard is a flat-bodied reptile with a spiky crown of horns on its head and two rows of fringe along its sides. Its skin is typically tan, brown, or grey, often speckled with darker blotches for camouflage, making it visually distinct.

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Texas Horned Lizard
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Texas Horned Lizard

Kategorie

Reptilien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Many people call them 'horny toads,' but they are actually lizards, not amphibians!

Texas Horned Lizards can live for up to 10 years in the wild!

Their diet mainly consists of harvester ants, which many other animals avoid!

They can burrow into sand in seconds, vanishing right before your eyes!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Eye Blood Squirt

Texas Horned Lizard can squirt streams of blood from its eyes that helps scare off predators.

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Desert Camouflage

Texas Horned Lizard has bumpy, patterned skin that helps them blend perfectly with rocks and sand.

Fähigkeit

Spiky Armor

Texas Horned Lizard has sharp horns and spiny scales that protect it from being easily eaten.

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Ant Vacuum Tongue

Texas Horned Lizard has a sticky tongue that helps them quickly slurp up many ants at once.

Maße und Details

Länge
6-12 cm
Gewicht
0.045-0.1 kg
Lebenserwartung
5-8 Jahre
Top Speed
10 km/h
Gelegegröße
10-30
Brutzeit
45-75 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These lizards primarily eat ants, using their sticky tongue to slurp them up quickly and efficiently.

Hauptnahrung

  • harvester ants
  • other ants
  • termites
  • small beetles
  • spiders

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Red Harvester Ant

Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Primary food source, often found near their nests.

eats

Rough Harvester Ant

Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Another key ant species in their diet.

eaten by

Coyote

Canis latrans

Common predator across its range.

eaten by

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Bird of prey that hunts ground-dwelling lizards.

eaten by

Coachwhip

Masticophis flagellum

Fast-moving snake that preys on lizards.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Horny Toad

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

It's best to watch these lizards from a distance and not touch them, as they can be scared easily.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Texas Horned Lizard?

6-12 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Texas Horned Lizard?

0.045-0.1 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Texas Horned Lizard?

5-8 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Texas Horned Lizard?

10 km/h

Was frisst Texas Horned Lizard?

These lizards primarily eat ants, using their sticky tongue to slurp them up quickly and efficiently.

Wo findet man Texas Horned Lizard normalerweise?

Desert

Wie jagt Texas Horned Lizard?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von Texas Horned Lizard?

10-30

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