horned frog

plural horned frogs

1. Any of several large carnivorous frogs, of the genus Megophrys, Pelobatrachus, and Ceratophrys, that have elongated "eyebrows".
2. USSynonym of horned lizard; genus Phrynosoma, especially the Texas horned lizard.

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

   1855, John Wright, William Wright, Recollections of Western Texas, published 1995, page 41

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   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.

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

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

   2012, Lonn Taylor, Texas, My Texas: Musings of the Rambling Boy

   Synonyms: horned lizard