| Title: | All about TEXAS and TEXAN's |
| Notice: | The Lone Star State |
| Moderator: | PAMSIC::STEPHENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 10 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Sun Jun 01 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 211 |
| Total number of notes: | 1629 |
"Lizards comprise the largest group of reptiles. There are 3,000
species worldwide, 115 species in the US, and more than 40 species
in Texas." Texas Parks & Wildlife, Aug 1988
My favorite: the horned lizard, although I haven't seen one in
quite a while. They eat the big red ants, which are also getting
scarce, being overtaken by the smaller fire ants.
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| 211.1 | from Ed Brice, Star-Telegram, 19May97 | PAMSIC::STEPHENS | Tue May 20 1997 07:55 | 15 | |
The Horned Lizard Conservation Society is working to preserve the horny
toad. You can join the organization, which offers $10 to $250
memberships, by writing to Box 122, Austin 78767.
The Texas horned lizard is listed as "threatened" on the endangered
species list, said Sandra Holland, wice president for public
information for the society. The animals are just coming out of
hiberernation at this time of year, Holland said. They subsist on a
daily diet of 200 red aunts and don't survive will in captivity.
Their numbers have dwindled greatly in recent decades.
"An elderly man once told me that he used to play with them by the
thousands," Holland said. "His children used to play with them by the
hundreds. His grandchildren have never seen one."
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