Texas horned lizard blunt snout, which give it a decidedly batrachian appearance. "Phrynosoma" literally means "toad-bodied" and "cornutum" means "horned". The lizard's horns are extensions of its cranium and contain true bone. The Texas horned lizard is the largest-bodied and most widely distributed of the roughly 14 species of horned lizards in the western United States and Mexico. The average Texas horned lizard is in snout-vent length, but the upper boundary for males is and for females it is . Although its coloration generally serves as camouflage against predation, when threatened by a predator, a horned lizard puffs up and appears very fat,
Almirante Trail toad habitat destruction is taking place. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to an expected population decline in coming years. Almirante Trail toad The Almirante Trail toad ("Incilius peripatetes") is a species of toad endemic to Panama. It is only known from its type locality near Boquete, Chiriquí, in western Panama. Another population from Cerro Bollo that has been referred to this species was described in 2013 as a separate species, "Incilius majordomus". The specific name "peripatetes" is Greek for "one who walks" and alludes to Charles F. Walker, a student of herpetology at the University of Michigan.