horned lizards
Thorny desert dwellers
Horned lizards are short-bodied reptiles native to North American deserts, distinguished by the crown of spiny projections on their heads and flattened, toad-like bodies.
Often called horned toads or horny toads despite being lizards, not amphibians.
Some species squirt blood from their eyes as a defense mechanism.
We spotted a horned lizard sunning itself on a rock.
- horny toadSpiky desert reptile, misleadingly named
- reptilesCold-blooded scaly vertebrates
- desertTo leave behind completely
- desert dwellerArid region inhabitant
- arid climatePersistently dry weather pattern
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