Texas horned lizard Texas horned lizard The Texas horned lizard ("Phrynosoma cornutum") is one of about 14 North American species of spikey-bodied reptiles called horned lizards. "P. cornutum" ranges from Colorado and Kansas to northern Mexico (in the Sonoran desert), and from southeastern Arizona to Texas. Also, isolated, introduced populations are found in the Carolinas, Georgia, and northern Florida. Texas horned lizards may also be native to Louisiana and Arkansas. The horned lizard is popularly called a "horned toad", "horny toad", or "horned frog", but it is neither a toad nor a frog. The popular names come from the lizard's rounded body and
Berber toad Mountains. It breeds in fresh or brackish still or slow-flowing bodies of water. The females deposit approximately 5,000–10,000 eggs. During the day the adults hide under rocks or in tunnels. Originally placed in the genus "Bufo" but was placed in the African genus "Amietophrynus" for the former 20-chromosome ""Bufo"" in 2009 and then "Amietophrynus" was renamed "Sclerophrys" as the type species "Sclerophrys capensis" was named as such, so "Amietophrynus" is a junior synonym of "Sclerophrys". Berber toad The Berber toad, also known as Mauritanian toad, Moroccan toad, pantherine toad or Moorish toad ("Sclerophrys mauritanica"), is a species of toad in