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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.

Hábitat: Desert

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Reptiles

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Eye Blood Squirt

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

Habilidad

Desert Camouflage

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

Habilidad

Spiky Armor

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

Habilidad

Ant Vacuum Tongue

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
6-12 cm
Peso
0.045-0.1 kg
Esperanza de vida
5-8 años
Top Speed
10 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta
10-30
Incubación
45-75 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

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

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Horny Toad

Colecciones

Seguridad

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

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Texas Horned Lizard?

6-12 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Texas Horned Lizard?

0.045-0.1 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Texas Horned Lizard?

5-8 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de Texas Horned Lizard?

10 km/h

¿Qué come Texas Horned Lizard?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Texas Horned Lizard?

Desert

¿Cómo caza Texas Horned Lizard?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el tamaño de la puesta de Texas Horned Lizard?

10-30

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