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Daily Tribune: First Texas horned lizards bred in captivity could save declining species
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<blockquote data-quote="TopFrog" data-source="post: 2823858" data-attributes="member: 120"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><img src="https://www.dailytrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Tagged-horned-toad.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>First Texas horned lizards bred in captivity could save declining species</strong></span></p><p></p><p>by: <a href="https://www.dailytrib.com/author/sfreeman/" target="_blank"> Suzanne Freeman </a></p><p></p><p>Awaiting the warmth of spring, about 30 baby Texas horned lizards with radio tags glued to their backs are burrowed in for the winter 2-4 inches underground in Mason County. At least, that’s what researchers with the <a href="https://tpwd.texas.gov/" target="_blank">Texas Parks and Wildlife Department</a>, the <a href="https://www.fortworthzoo.org/" target="_blank">Fort Worth Zoo</a>, and <a href="https://www.tcu.edu/" target="_blank">Texas Christian University</a> are counting on.</p><p></p><p>“We hope a bunch of them will be out there come spring,” said Jim Gallagher, a natural resource specialist at the <a href="https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/wma/find_a_wma/list/?id=14" target="_blank">Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area</a>, a TPWD property. “The problem with these itty-bitty guys is that they grow so fast. They shed their skin every two to three weeks and tend to lose their tags.”</p><p></p><p>Researchers are using a recently upgraded harmonic radar system to track the lizards. The summer of 2018 was the first time captive-hatched lizards were tagged and released into the wild. About 130 were released and, of those, around 30 were tagged. A second, larger group was released in September 2019. Antenna strips that can be tracked with small, handheld receivers were glued onto the backs of a select group of lizards.</p><p></p><p>Read more at <a href="https://www.dailytrib.com/2020/01/17/first-texas-horned-lizards-bred-in-captivity-could-save-declining-species/" target="_blank">https://www.dailytrib.com/2020/01/17/first-texas-horned-lizards-bred-in-captivity-could-save-declining-species/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TopFrog, post: 2823858, member: 120"] [SIZE=6][B][IMG]https://www.dailytrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Tagged-horned-toad.jpg[/IMG] [/B] [B]First Texas horned lizards bred in captivity could save declining species[/B][/SIZE] by: [URL='https://www.dailytrib.com/author/sfreeman/'] Suzanne Freeman [/URL] Awaiting the warmth of spring, about 30 baby Texas horned lizards with radio tags glued to their backs are burrowed in for the winter 2-4 inches underground in Mason County. At least, that’s what researchers with the [URL='https://tpwd.texas.gov/']Texas Parks and Wildlife Department[/URL], the [URL='https://www.fortworthzoo.org/']Fort Worth Zoo[/URL], and [URL='https://www.tcu.edu/']Texas Christian University[/URL] are counting on. “We hope a bunch of them will be out there come spring,” said Jim Gallagher, a natural resource specialist at the [URL='https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/wma/find_a_wma/list/?id=14']Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area[/URL], a TPWD property. “The problem with these itty-bitty guys is that they grow so fast. They shed their skin every two to three weeks and tend to lose their tags.” Researchers are using a recently upgraded harmonic radar system to track the lizards. The summer of 2018 was the first time captive-hatched lizards were tagged and released into the wild. About 130 were released and, of those, around 30 were tagged. A second, larger group was released in September 2019. Antenna strips that can be tracked with small, handheld receivers were glued onto the backs of a select group of lizards. Read more at [URL]https://www.dailytrib.com/2020/01/17/first-texas-horned-lizards-bred-in-captivity-could-save-declining-species/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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