horned frog

Noun

horned frog (plural horned frogs)

1. Any of several large carnivorous frogs, of the genus Megophrys, Pelobatrachus, and Ceratophrys, that have elongated "eyebrows".
2. (US) Synonym of horned lizard; genus Phrynosoma, especially the Texas horned lizard.
   • But among all the harmless reptiles of Texas, decidedly the most singular is the horned frog; it resembles the common frog […]1855, John Wright, William Wright, Recollections of Western Texas, published 1995, page 41
   • The horned frog is a native of Texas and Lower California, where he is found inhabiting the sandy soil of the prairies and the pockets of the small boy. / The horned frog is really no frog at all, but a lizard traveling incognito.1912, J. W. Reading, “Locomotive Engineers Journal”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 47

   Synonyms:

   horned lizard