Ol' Rip the Horned Toad
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Ol' Rip the Horned Toad was a Texas horned lizard, commonly referred to as a "horned toad" or "horny toad", which supposedly survived a 31-year hibernation as an entombed animal following its exhumati
Ol' Rip in his coffin in Eastland County Courthouse
Eastland County Courthouse in 2021
Calvin Coolidge inspected Ol' Rip at the White House. He declined to touch Ol' Rip, but he stroked the lizard with his spectacles.
William Temple Hornaday
Texas horned lizard
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The Texas horned lizard is one of about 21 North American species of spikey-bodied reptiles called horned lizards, all belonging the genus Phrynosoma. It occurs in south-central regions of the US and
Ol' Rip the Horned Toad
…Ol' Rip the Horned Toad (died January 19, 1929) was a Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), commonly referred to as a "horned toad" or "horny toad", which supposedly survived a 31-year hibernation as an entombed animal…
Phrynosoma cornutum Flickr aspidoscelis
In Oklahoma
In Texas
In Texas