Horned lizard for sale

Description

Horned toad for sale

The Texas horned lizard or “horny toad” is fierce-looking and flat-bodied. There are numerous horns on the head, all of which are prominent, with two central head spines that are much longer than the others. The lizard has a brown color with two rows of fringed scales on either side of the body. For many Texas horned lizard for sale, a light line stretches from its head down to the middle of its back. It is the only species of horned lizard that has dark brown stripes which radiate across the top of the head and downward from the eyes.

Defenses

As a defensive behavior, this horned lizard shows blood squirting from the eye.

They employ different strategies to avoid predation. Their coloration generally serves as camouflage. If they feel threatened, their first defense mechanism is to remain still to avoid detection. To confuse the predator’s visual acuity, they generally run in short bursts and stop abruptly if they are approached too closely. If this fails, they become more difficult to swallow by puffing up their bodies to cause them to appear larger and more horned.

Habitat

Texas horned lizards can be found in semiarid and arid habitats and open areas with sparse plant cover. They are commonly found in loamy soils loose or sand. The reason is that horned lizards dig for nesting, hibernation, and insulation.

Distribution

Texas horned lizards can be found in places like New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, the south-central United States, northern Mexico, and throughout much of Kansas.

Ecosystem Connections

This lizard specializes in eating ants thereby limiting the ant populations. When grabbed by a predator the horned lizard for sale is not able to break off its tail, unlike many other species of lizards. To avoid and escape predators, they rely on their cryptic coloration, their quick sprinting, their ability to burrow under the soil, their freezing-motionless behavior, and their unusual habit of squirting blood. As mentioned earlier, when captured, they can squirt a few drops of blood from the corners of the eyes. Such defense mechanisms can help them escape capture by coyotes, dogs, foxes, and predatory birds.

Texas horned lizard has many adaptations to help it survive in hot and dry environments. For instance, it can collect rainwater along its back and also obtain water by licking dew from vegetation. When it is raining, this lizard will flatten its body, arch its back upward, lower its head, collect water along its lips, and drink it. There are specialized channels between the scales on the back that help channel rainwater to the downward-pointing head.

Food

Horned lizards for sale occasionally eat insects such as grasshoppers, beetles, and spiders but they are primarily ants, especially harvester ants.

Life Cycle

In Missouri, the horned toad for sale is active from April to early October. Immediately after the active season begins, courtship and breeding presumably take place, probably in May and June. A yearly clutch of 13–49 eggs is produced by the females. They dig a nest under large rocks or in loose soil and deposit their eggs. It takes about 1 or 2 months for the eggs to hatch. Texas horned lizards have been known to live up to 10 years while in captivity.

You may receive a discount when you purchase a Texas Horned lizard from our online store. You can find these exotic reptiles for sale online at absolute rock-bottom prices, which means that these fascinating animals would be available to you either as pets or to start your reptile breeding project.

As reptile enthusiasts, we believe captive breeding is important. This is because it helps protect animal populations. It is also a very rewarding experience that increases your passion for these natural creatures.