The Lichun horned toad, or Boulenophrys lichun, was named after its breeding season, researchers said, as “the song of the new species heralds the spring of a year.” “Advertisement calls of ...

They took a closer look at the frogs and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Boulenophrys dupanglingensis, or the Dupangling horned toad. A Boulenophrys dupanglingensis ...

blunt snout give it a toad-ish look. There are over a dozen recognized horned-lizard species found in the deserts and semi-arid environments of North and Central America, from southern Canada to ...

Presumably, horned lizards from the Southwest were released in areas of the Southeast ecologically similar to their native ...

This week’s entry: Ol’ Rip The Horned Toad What it’s about: The most famous lizard in American history. In 1928, a time capsule was opened in Eastland, Texas, and inside was a still-living ...

In 1980, the flat-tailed horned lizard in California was designated a sensitive species by the Bureau of Land Management. But it was not until 1993 that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finally ...

Surinam horned frogs achieve their enormous girth by being generally indiscriminate about what they eat. Typical ambush predators, they squeeze their bodies into the forest substrate or leaf ...