horned frog

English

A horned frog (1)

A horned frog (2)

Wikispecies

Noun

horned frog (plural horned frogs)

1. Any of several large carnivorous frogs, of the genus , that have elongated "eyebrows"
2. Any of the genus of horned lizards, especially the Texas horned lizard.
   • 1855, John Wright, ‎William Wright, Recollections of Western Texas‎^[1], published 1995, page 41:

     But among all the harmless reptiles of Texas, decidedly the most singular is the horned frog; it resembles the common frog […]

   • 1912, J. W. Reading, “Locomotive Engineers Journal”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 47:

     The horned frog is a native of Texas and Lower California, where he is found inhabiting the sandy soil of the prairies and the pockets of the small boy. / The horned frog is really no frog at all, but a lizard traveling incognito.

   • 2012, Lonn Taylor, Texas, My Texas: Musings of the Rambling Boy‎^[2]:

     I have always had aspecial affinity for horned toads, probably because I went to Texas Christian University, whose mascot is the horned frog