#texas horned lizard

[onlytiktoks]

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

I don't know about you, but I hate it when I get things in my eyes-- especially when it's blood. Unfortunately, that's exactly how horned lizards defend themselves: by squirting blood from its eyes! At least four species have been documented exhibiting this mechanism, which is caused by rupturing blood vessels around the eyes. As if that weren't bad enough, the blood is also mixed with a foul-tasting liquid that deters predators.

(Image: a Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) by Todd Pierson)

[taxi-davis]

Tom Curry

[pokemon-tejano-region]

Descriptor: The Blaze Pokemon Name Origin: Sapo (Toad) + Fyr (Fire) Inspiration: Texas Horn Toad Ability: Blaze Type: Fire Evolution Line: Sapoling evolves into Sapofyr at Level 17 and into Sapoquake at Level 36. Dex Entry: Newly evolved Sapofyr feel like they always have a lot to prove, spending more time chasing each other off of their perceived territory by shooting fire from the slits on their necks. They dig elaborate tunnels to hide away in and constantly practice with and sharpen their claws to make sure they can tunnel efficiently.

The grumpy boi is now the ANGY BOI. 🔥 

[thcofficial]

These are Konma the First Dragon of Chaos and Seikubo the First Dragon of Desire they live in the hellish highland mountain range mostly keeping to themselves

[thatinvertguyfinds]

Texas Horned Lizard

Scientific name: Phrynosoma cornutum

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Iguania

Family: Phrynosomatidae

Genus: Phrynosoma

Location: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas

[magmagazine]

Here’s a little magical guy that can shoot lava from his eyeballs

[antiqueanimals]

Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)

Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. Written by Hans Hvass. Illustrated by Wilhelm Eigener. Originally published in 1958.

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[elbdot]

"Plus its ribs can stick out, based on an animal that's actually able to do that, so that's pretty cool, I'm glad they didn't entirely rid Paldean Wooper of its prominent bones."

Wait...

.... I saw Clodsire doing this, but a real animal can actually do THAT?! 😳😳😳

* One Google Search Later *

Well, I´ll be damned!!! 😲😲😲

We can truly learn new things from Pokémon, and from you as well, El, thanx you for this 🤩🤩🤩

YOU FOUND IT!!!!!

Thanks for looking that up, because I didn't remember the name of the newt anymore unfortunately :'DD But yeah, Clodsire is apparently based on this newt and yEP, NATURE BE PRETTY FREAKING WILD

[weezord-leezords]

Via HeckoGecko

[pokemon-tejano-region]

Descriptor: The Toad Pokemon Name Origin: Sapo (Toad) + Hatchling Inspiration: Texas Horn Toad Ability: Blaze Type: Fire Evolution Line: Sapoling evolves into Sapofyr at Level 17 and into Sapoquake at Level 36. Dex Entry: It takes a long time for young Sapoling's to get up the energy to do anything so they spend most of their time brumating on rocks or hiding in canyon crevices. When they find something particularly annoying, they spit stray embers and hiss loudly to hopefully regain a bit of peace and quiet. 

This one is for all the fire starter lovers out there - Sapoling! Based on the Texas Horn Toad, this little guy would be the perfect addition to any team. Did you know that in times of stress or agitation, the Horn Toad will shoot BLOOD from its TEAR DUCTS??? It's meant to confuse would-be predators, but also contains a chemical that is noxious to dogs, wolves, and coyotes. WILD.

[typhlonectes]

Thermal refugia and persistence of Texas horned lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum) in small towns

Mary R. Tucker, Daniella Biffi, Dean A. Williams

Vegetation loss is a primary cause of habitat degradation and results in a decline in reptile species abundance due to loss of refuge from predators and hot temperatures, and foraging opportunities. Texas horned lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum) have disappeared from many areas in Texas, especially from urbanized areas, probably in large part due to loss of suitable habitat. This species still occurs in some small towns in Texas that still contain suitable habitat. Long-term data from Kenedy and Karnes City, Texas indicate that when study sites experienced significant shrub and vegetation removal horned lizards declined by 79%. We hypothesize the decline was due to the degradation of the thermal landscape for these lizards. We determined the preferred temperature range (Tset25 – Tset75) of lizards at our study sites and took field measurements of body temperature (Tb). Temperature loggers were also placed in three microhabitats across our study sites. Shrubs and vegetation provided the highest quality thermal environment, especially for about 5 h midday when temperatures in the open and buried under the surface in the open exceeded the lizards' critical maximum temperature (CTmax) or were above their preferred temperature range. Horned lizard density was positively related to the thermal quality of the habitat across our sites. Texas horned lizards in these towns require a heterogeneous mix of closely spaced microhabitats and especially thermal refugia, such as shrubs and vegetation along fence lines and in open fields. Maintaining thermal refugia is one of the most important and practical conservation actions that can be taken to help small ectotherms persist in modified human landscapes and cope with increasing temperatures due to climate change.

Read the paper here:

Thermal refugia and persistence of Texas horned lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum) in small towns - Tucker - 2023 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library

[missedmilemarkers]

Check out this funny video that was made by A.I.

[izaartstyles]

Horned lizards (as a kid they were called horny toads) are hands down my favorite reptile. Most have no issue being picked up (just do it gently!) and are great at eating ants.

[legallydragonic]

Made a little critter as a friend for one of my OCs :)

[baby-bigfoot]

Texas Pattern, available on a variety of products.

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