Found a giant

[muzzlebrake]

Great that people are seeing them again.

TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE STUDY LOOKS

AT DECLINE OF HORNED LIZARDS

KINGSVILLE (June 16, 1998) -- In Texas the law says it's illegal to pick up, touch or possess a horned lizard.

http://www.tamuk.edu/news/archive/arch98/june/hornedlizards.html

[125Dad]

You will see thousands on Berry street in Ft Worth in a few months.

We see a few at the lease.

[muy grande]

[quote

KINGSVILLE (June 16, 1998) -- In Texas the law says it's illegal to pick up, touch or possess a horned lizard.
http://www.tamuk.edu/news/archive/ar...edlizards.html[/quote]

Thought I had read that myself somewhere. In fact, I believe this story came about because a little girl holding one in her hand was on the cover of the TPW magazine.

[Man]

Am I correct in that it was the use of ant poisens that killed these guys off pretty bad?

[fulmer34]

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[fulmer34]

We are covered up at our house. Caught this one running across the driveway couple days ago. Smallest I've ever caught.

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[FattLip]

Cool

[W-O]

I think the decline was due to the decline of harvester ants which were killed off by ant poison aimed at fire ants, or by fire ants killing the harvester ants. But I'm no biologist. I have a couple of harvester ant beds near my stand and I keep an eye out for horny toads and hope to start seeing them. As a kid they were all over the farm in north Milam county.

[kyleseipp]

You will see thousands on Berry street in Ft Worth in a few months.

We see a few at the lease.

Haha! Sho nuff.

[double bogey]

We would see them in Dallas county when I was growing up (50's - 60's). They study above said the decline was in the last 2 decades. I think is farther back than that. Last one I saw was a couple of years ago in Haskell co. Good to see the babies, I have felt the decline may have been something having to do with their reproductive cycle, like the bald eagles.

[stickerpatch59]

I haven't seen one in years, and that is the smallest I've ever seen.

[TildenHunter]

Caught this one on our elk hunt in New Mexico last year. They are cool for sure. Seems like I have seen more in recent years down in Tilden.



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[myway]

It seems like back to back wet years is when I have seen the most. I saw them quite frequently just west of Abilene.

[Chootem]

We have a few around our horse barn here in Spring Branch outside of SA. Pretty tame little guys.

[Buglemintoday]

They are around Midland/Odessa now as well

My friend caught a tiny one in Midland and I found one inside a grocery store in odessa