Horned Lizard, The Best Pet Lizard?

Horned lizards, or as I knew them growing up, horned toads, (Phrynosoma spp.) are incredibly neat little lizards. That said, they are not generally very good pets. Why? In a word, ants. In three words, lots of ants. But let's take a deeper look at these amazing lizards anyway just to determine if the horned lizard is the best pet reptile for you.

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Clint is a professional biologist and educator, but above all, Clint LOVES reptiles and he loves to share that love with everyone he meets. Whether you're lover or a hater of reptiles, you can't help but get excited with Clint!
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[myra]

in seventh grade, there was a horned lizard picture in my science textbook, and that picture was what started my love for reptiles. its nice to see a video made about them

[telperionsr]

I got to tell my friends about Toxicongaths yesterday.

[KarinMichelle]

I’m glad you brought this up this year in my state Oklahoma we found a lot of horned lizards around and I had to tell a lot of people that they could not keep it because it is very difficult to keep a wild horned lizard in captivity

[benjaminwu]

Spike Saucer? Pointy Pancake? Barbed Board? Prickley Platter? You're speaking my language Clint :D

[Gekko-zmid]

Clint’s enthusiasm will never cease to make me smile

[rocketmanjon]

When I was a small kid, I actually captured 3 of these guys near my home on the Rio Grande, and I thought I could keep them just like my bearded dragon. RIP to those guys. Lessons learned.

[deserabailey]

Growing up we had a "pet" horned lizard! We called them Horney toads. I loved our "pet" so much! We grew up in the desert so we saw them all the time. One time we caught one and kept it in our greenhouse in a tank. We had a BUNCH of different ant colonies on our property, so we would go outside every day and harvest a bunch of ants for him to eat! We had it for a very long time until we had to move and we had to set him free <3 he got so BIG in the time that we had him! Ive never seen one bigger than him to this day. harvesting ants for him and watching him eat them was the best part!

[HoundofOdin]

Most people: Oh well, guess I'm never keeping one of those.
Rich person with too many ants: *MY TIME IS NOW.*

[Mael_StrM]

The guy who owns King Bumi also owns an Ackie Monitor named Katara.


Now that's stinkin' rad.

[AVEROGOT]

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[TheFireDiamond]

It’s so fun to see a video on horned lizards. There’s a big problem with people poaching them in my area to keep as pets, especially since most die of starvation in captivity, so I’m glad you talked about how they made bad pets. I hope this discourages people from taking them from the wild ;~;

[dwfletch]

So, Shrikes are pretty badass, then!

[megawega]

I used to catch both Dessert and Mexican Horned Toads all the time when I lived in New Mexico. Kept them for a couple days at a time and would release them. I had a Mexican that I kept captive for a year until we moved to higher and cooler altitudes. Ended up releasing him as well.

[newtscamander]

I don't know how, but you seem even more excited and funny in this video than other recent ones, Clint! Did someone introduce you to coffee?

[darkhorizons]

This is literally the worlds best channel ever!!!! WHAT! You’re so amazing!!!
Thank you!!!
I’m screaming!

[juroen]

Star wars reference! You got my like and may the force be with you.

[mrarby]

@0:33, that was the nerdies thing you have ever said and we love you for it

[herptown]

As soon as I got the notification for this video I was so excited. I thought to myself this is going to be so rad. I love your videos you make my Saturday every time you post!

[drabber]

Hi Clint! Please do a video on Chuckwallas, I've been into them ever since you got me into reptiles!

[jake-xeit]

First time I went to the US I saw a bunch of these in the wild and thought they were beardies! I don’t think I’ll ever forget that day, these guys are so awesome