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 ...

No, It’s Not a Toad ©Matt Jeppson/Shutterstock.com You might know this macabre creature as a horny toad or a horned toad, but it’s not an amphibian at all — it’s a lizard.

Most folks call them horned toads, but they are, indeed, horned lizards. A Texas legend has it that this kind of lizard can live 100 years without food or water, though scientists disagree.

The desert horned viper (Cerastes cerastes) lives in arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa. Cerastes cerastes hoofieni and Cerastes cerastes cerastes are both subspecies of this North ...

We’ll call that a win. The Texas horned lizard, affectionately called the horny toad, may be iconic, but Texas hasn’t always treated it with due respect. The population of the state’s ...