Perhaps it had not. The creature was a recently hatched Desert Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos). The relatively large spines that are large and sharp on the head of an adult horned lizard ...

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 record number of Texas horned lizards are now in the wild thanks ... range that extends from the south-central United States to northern Mexico, throughout much of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas ...

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 ...