My younger brother caught a juvenile honry toad today, out in our yard, and wants to keep it. Convincing him otherwise is hard, but we are both concerned about its health, especially after reading more about them.

We live in the mountains east of Albuquerque, at 6900', and so this is probably a Greater Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi). We have ants in our yard, but until we know if they are harvester ants, we are not sure about feeding them to the lizard.

I am concerned for the little guy's health, so I'd like to know all you folks can tell me about keeping this species of HL alive and well! Thank you in advance!

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