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,
Chirinda toad Mozambique. The restricted habitat of this species is still being degraded despite any apparent protection and the species is assessed as endangered. Chirinda toad The Chirinda toad, Chrinda forest toad, Mashonaland toad or Boulenger's earless toad (Mertensophryne anotis) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae with a restricted distribution in eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique. The Chrinda toad is small, about 45mm in snout to vent length. The head length is equal to its width, with a pointed snout projecting beyond its mouth and the skin is covered in smooth warts. It lacks a tympanum and the paratoid