For more Best Things in Texas coverage, read about the Texas Olympians who dominated at the Paris Games, the greatest show over Earth, the issue that brought Republicans and Democrats together, and the Man of the Year, Brisket Powell. For less dignified behavior, read the 2025 Bum Steer Awards. The Texas horned lizard, affectionately called the horny toad, may be iconic, but Texas hasn’t always treated it with due respect. The population of the state’s official reptile has dwindled over the past sixty years, to the consternation of Texans who grew up seeing the spiky, four-inch-long critters everywhere. Driven largely by urban sprawl as well as invasive fire ants and pesticides, the decrease in numbers has left parts of the state, including most of East…
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