A group of biologists from The University of Texas at Arlington has begun a project to sample the DNA of the two types of lizards," the university said. If the two prove to be different ...

Also known as horny toads, Texas horned lizards have been classified as a threatened species in Texas since 1977. The decline of the flat-bodied, spiny reptiles is due to the pet trade, wild ...

Aug. 5, 2021 — Biologists analyzed data from 2,600 lizard species worldwide and discovered that, while hundreds of different types of lizards have independently evolved arboreal lifestyles ...

In 2007, TCU researchers began studying the diet and genetics of the species. They discovered that the North Texas and South Texas populations of horned lizards are genetically distinct.

TEXAS, USA — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a Texas lizard species once thought to be vanishingly scarce is now experiencing thriving populations across its historical range in the ...

There around 200 different species of Worm Lizards ... They brought the specimens to the University of Texas’ CT Lab. Worm Lizards are a little studied species. University of Texas and Sam ...

The Service proposed adding the lizard to the endangered species list again in 2010 but withdrew the proposal 18 months later. Instead, then-Texas Comptroller Susan Combs assembled voluntary ...

Lizards, with their extraordinary variations, have helped transform what ecologists thought possible in a single species. Boasting more than 7,000 different types, the reptiles are found around ...