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 ...

Horned lizards love to munch on harvester ants. In fact, ants make up 90% of the diet of many horned lizard species. Although harvester ants are venomous insects, somehow their venom doesn’t ...

Base color is tan, orange-brown, or reddish brown and typically matches the sand on which the lizard lives; the back is marked with rows of dark, circular blotches. HABITAT: The flat-tailed horned ...

Also known as the Saharan horned viper or African desert horned viper, the carnivorous species' diet consists primarily of small rodents and lizards, which it ambushes from hiding spots beneath ...