Ol' Rip the Horned Toad returned to the courthouse. Some speculated that the body in the coffin was a substitute, with the real lizard being held in a private collection. Looney Tunes character, Michigan J. Frog was inspired by Ol' Rip's story. Ol' Rip the Horned Toad Ol' Rip (died January 19, 1929) was a horned lizard (commonly referred to as a "horned toad" or "horny toad") whose supposed 31-year hibernation as an entombed animal is believed by some and doubted by others. His name is a reference to the fictional character Rip Van Winkle. In 1897, a horned lizard was placed in a cornerstone
Mongolian toad spiders and beetles. The Mongolian toad was classed as "Bufo raddei" prior to the 2006 definition of the genus "Pseudepidalea". Other closely related species include the European green toad, "Pseudepidale viridis". Mongolian toad The Mongolian toad ("Pseudepidalea raddei"), also known as the piebald toad or Siberian sand toad, is a species of toad found in East Asia. It ranges through much of China, Mongolia, and the Russian Far East, and is also found in the northern Korean Peninsula. According to Kuzmin et al., but has never been detected in South Korea. It is particularly common in the Amur River basin