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The Toad that's not a Frog
Desert Horned Lizard
(aka, the Horny Toad) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's a Toad thats not really a toad at all! The Phrynosoma, or Horned Lizards, have also been referred to as Horned Toads, Horny Toads, and even Horned Frogs. This is not because it is related to frogs, but rather because it has a face which looks a lot like that of a toad, and because it has a short and wide body.
Horned Lizards protect themselves in a variety of ways. Their body is spikey and flat, so when startled they usually will flatten out and sit really still so as to hopefully not be seen. If this doesnt work, they have also been known to inflate their body and hiss a lot, and in extreme cases, they can even squirt blood from their eyeballs to attack predators! In the 100th Anniversary Edition of Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Reptiles Lizards and Prehistoric Beasts, published in 1994, it states that Horned Lizards can squirt blood from their eye as far as 5 feet!
***BLEACHHH!!!*** Now, THAT sure sounds YUCKY! (Photo courtesy of ARCO Western Energy and the Coles Levee, Bakersfield, California)
For more pictures and info about Horned Lizards, check these sites:
The Texas "Horny Toad" Wildlife Fact Sheet
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Ya musta been thinkin' of good ol' JB, he's a horny toad. |
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| | | From: JohnBoy | Sent: 10/31/2008 3:33 AM |
Yer right Roberto and by coincidence that pic Tommye posted was me all spiffed up and ready ta out on prom night. |
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| | From:  lanles0 | Sent: 10/31/2008 8:07 AM |
We used to get them on the sheep station that I grew up on and we called them Thorny Devils. I used to play with them. They are actually very gentle creatures and don't bite or anything. |
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| | | From: JohnBoy | Sent: 11/1/2008 3:24 AM |
Sheep station? You live near a sheep station lesley? |
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| | | From: lanles0 | Sent: 11/1/2008 4:50 AM |
There are plenty of sheep farms around me here but nothing like the station I grew up on which was just over a million acres. There was plenty of room to get lost in LOL and plenty of Merino sheep. |
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| | | From: Joy | Sent: 11/1/2008 9:12 PM |
I have never seen one of those horny toads before Tommye, have heard the name, but never seen a picture - have seen JB lots of times though - so thank you for posting it. But, I don't think I would have thought it was a toad or frog, because of the tail. Probably would have guessed it to be a fox or an elephant or something .......well, I am a city born and bred aren't I  |
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Joy...they really a gentle creature even though they don't look like it. A million acre sheep station??? JB's probably thinking..."so many sheep...so little time." |
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| | | From: lanles0 | Sent: 11/3/2008 2:52 AM |
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</SCRIPT> - Report imagesReport the following images as offensive. Confirm CancelThank you for the feedback. These are our Thorny Devils. They have a lump on the back of their necks. |
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| | | From: JohnBoy | Sent: 11/3/2008 3:15 AM |
That looks like Mrs. JB's vibrator. |
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| | | From: Joy | Sent: 11/3/2008 11:56 PM |
 then that is a bloody hard act to follow JB |
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I told that was Johnboy, see his tail is standing straight up. |
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We used to catch them and play with them when we were kids and visiting my grandparents in Texas. |
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| | | From: Joy | Sent: 11/5/2008 10:07 PM |
I think they look rather magnificent |
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