On a humid night in the mountains of southern China, a “slender”-limbed creature with “burly” fingers emerged from its hiding ...

Also called horny toads and horned frogs because of their squat, flat bodies, they are, in fact, lizards. “They were everywhere when I was a kid,” said Fields, 63.

Also called horny toads and horned frogs because of their squat, flat bodies, they are, in fact, lizards. "They were everywhere when I was a kid," said Fields, 63.

Horny toads typically live about six years and so famous was Old Rip, named for Rip Van Winkle, that he embarked on a national tour and even visited Calvin Coolidge in Washington, D.C.

A horned toad is not a toad, nor a frog. It is a lizard, a reptile, which through the ages has developed a broad, squat, warty body. It looks like a batrachian, save for its short, sharp tail.

Boulenophrys yezhongensis, also called the Yezhong horned toad, was discovered in Yezhong Nature Reserve and can only be found on "a single peak within the Wumeng Mountain Range," according to ...

Yingjiang horned toads are considered “medium”-sized, reaching about 2 inches in length, the study said. They have “flat” heads with “projecting” snouts and “large,” “oval-shaped ...

"Horned-toad whisperer" is what I call Ferran, although he doesn't call himself that. Proprietor of the Horney Toad Ranch on a mountaintop south of this picturesque Big Bend town, ...

The embalmed body of the horny toad named Old Rip. (Donna McWilliam / AP) Will Wood, the man credited with catching the lizard as a boy, took the lizard on tour.

Cross a horny toad and he'll puff up to impress you. He'll also eat all the harvester ants you've got. News Sports Business Life Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals. LIFE.

Biggest controversy: Horned toads were nearly casualties of Ol’ Rip’s popularity. The animals’ popularity soared once Rip caught the public imagination, and they were sold as souvenirs by ...

California high school sports fans have spoken, choosing the Coalinga Horned Toads as the best mascot in the state.. Coalinga (population 17,465) won the contest with 72,114 votes, while Hollister ...