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==Symbol== Texas designated the Texas horned lizard (''Phrynosoma cornutum'') as the official [[state reptile]] in 1993.<ref>[http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/Texas_Horned_Lizard.html Texas Horned Lizard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401070209/http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/Texas_Horned_Lizard.html |date=2015-04-01 }}. State Symbols USA. Retrieved on 2016-10-25.</ref> Wyoming’s state reptile is the “Horn Toad”, the greater short-horned lizard (''Phrynosoma hernandesi'').<ref name="Wyoming 2011">{{cite web | url = http://soswy.state.wy.us/SecretaryDesk/StateInfo_Symbols.aspx | title = State symbols | access-date = January 22, 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Wyoming Secretary of State's Office | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110906001152/http://soswy.state.wy.us/SecretaryDesk/StateInfo_Symbols.aspx | archive-date = September 6, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Mason Lee. 2022">Mason Lee. 2022. ''[https://www.uwyo.edu/barnbackyard/_files/documents/magazine/2022/winter/0122hornedlizard.pdf Wyoming’s surprising state reptile has spikes, shoots blood from eyes—]''. Barnyards & Backyards. 6-7 pp. University of Wyoming. </ref> The "[[TCU Horned Frogs|TCU Horned Frog]]" is the mascot of [[Texas Christian University]] in Fort Worth, Texas. The "Horned Toad" is also the mascot for Coalinga High School in Coalinga, California. This school is located in Western Central California and its arid region is home to the San Diego Horned Lizard, which is protected. The City of Coalinga hosts an annual "Horned Toad Derby" on Memorial day weekend which features horned toad races, a carnival and parade. <gallery> File:Superfrog.jpg|The TCU mascot is commonly known as Super Frog to TCU fans and students. He is usually present at TCU sporting events. File:HornedToad.png|Horned lizard on a necktie at El Paso, Texas, in 1940 </gallery>
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