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I keep track of the hl's in the area and try and do population counts and the like. At htis moment in time I have only seen one horned lizard on a dirt road. It seems the drought has affected the HL's this year, or at least in and around the Castroviulle/ Hondo Area. Anyone form Texas seen any lately? I know up in San Angelo the populations are greater........
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I recently moved to texas. im about 30 miles north of san antonio. I havent seen any. It alsoseems there not many places to go herping. seems like all the land is private. the only stuff ive found has been in my backyard. stuff like garters, hognoses, and small little snakes. i think i have only seen like 2 lizards in the 8 months ive been here.

Here is an Eastern Hognose I found in my backyard.

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1.2 Bearded Dragons
1.1 Mali Uromastyx
1.0 Agrentine Blk & Wht Tegu
0.2 Leopard Geckos
0.0.3 Desert Iguanas
0.0.3 Western Chuckwallas
1.1 Granite Spiny Lizards
1.1 Rosy Boas
0.1 Western Hognose

Hey Lou,

Sorry I haven't checked in with you guys here in quite a while. It's been bad the past year. I moved further south, got taken out by a hurricane, then moved again.

I'm back in the Wichita Falls area now, where I've had success finding HL's in the past. Same story here. I've been looking since it started warming up. We've had some moderate rain in the last couple of months and there are plenty of harvester ant colonies around, but I haven't seen any HL's yet. A couple of snakes, collareds, fence lizards, and box turtles, but that's it.

Yesterday while checking out some prime semi-desert habitat, I encountered a few kids out collecting. They handed me a male collared they had caught and said they also saw a baby HL under the same rock. I looked but couldn't find the same spot. Though I did find another smaller collared under a big rock, where I let the first one go. I suspect if they did see a HL, they would have that one too.

I'm looking in areas that local people tell me they have seen them last year. But no sightings from anyone here yet this year.
Temps have been pretty consistant above mid 90's for last few months, and lately high 90's-low 100s.
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