The short-horned lizard is often referred to as a “horned toad” or “horny toad” because its squat, flattened shape and short, blunt snout give it a toad-ish look. There are over a dozen ...

As darkness settled over a forest of southern Vietnam, a “long”-limbed creature with “dagger-like spines” climbed into a ...

means “toad-bodied”. That’s because horned lizards look a lot like toads! Instead of a long, slender body like other lizards, these unusual reptiles have short, round, and flat bodies.

With its cryptic coloration and flat body, the flat-tailed horned lizard is capable of disappearing on the desert floor. When a predator threatens, the lizard may run a short distance and then stop ...

A row of “dagger-like spines” runs down their backs. A close-up view of an Acanthosaura cuongi, or Cuong’s horned tree lizard. Photo from Ngo, Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Phan, Nguyen ...

As darkness settled over a forest of southern Vietnam, a “long”-limbed creature with “dagger-like spines” climbed ... or Cuong’s horned tree lizard. Cuong’s horned tree lizards are ...