. Western field. kish with irregularly scattered whitespots. It may not be generally known to thepopular observer, that the proverbial hornedtoad is actually a lizard and that thisname really stands for a genus containingsixteen species of these creatures. Whilethese toad-like creatures are extremelystout of body with a very short tail, quiteunlike the ordinary lizard in outlines, theyare rapid runners. With the waning of theday they dig their way beneath the sand,employing the snout like a plow feed upon insects, protruding asticky tongue in much the same fashion asa toad. The horn
. Western field. kish with irregularly scattered whitespots. It may not be generally known to thepopular observer, that the proverbial hornedtoad is actually a lizard and that thisname really stands for a genus containingsixteen species of these creatures. Whilethese toad-like creatures are extremelystout of body with a very short tail, quiteunlike the ordinary lizard in outlines, theyare rapid runners. With the waning of theday they dig their way beneath the sand,employing the snout like a plow feed upon insects, protruding asticky tongue in much the same fashion asa toad. The horned lizards are classifiedprincipally by the character of the headspines or horns. On some of the speciesthese are mere tubercles. Others, like theRegal Horned Toad, (Phrynosoma regale),and the Pacific Horned Toad, (P. cor-onatum), well merit the popular name. Theformer is found in Arizona and has a per-fect crown of flat spines. Most extraordin-ary is a habit displayed by the horned THE magazine.
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