Zoo's horned lizard program shows success despite Uri, drought

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It appears that extreme weather hasn't deterred the success of a San Antonio Zoo effort to release the threatened species back into the wild.

A Texas horned lizard born and raised in captivity at the San Antonio Zoo is released into the wild on a Blanco County ranch in an effort to repopulate the once common reptile.It appears that neither intense cold nor extreme heat has deterred the success of a San Antonio Zoo effort to release Texas horned lizards bred in captivity into the wild.

Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. With the help of two lizard-sniffing canines, who can point out live lizards, scat and shed skin, Gluesenkamp and his team collected scat samples Wednesday to send to Texas Christian University’s biology professor Dean Williams. Gluesenkamp has been working with Williams to track the status and health of the released lizards.

 

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