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Selected Writings

journal cover for "Background Color-Matching in the Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)" article by Dusty Rhoads and Dean Williams

Background Color-Matching in the Texas Horned Lizard, infographic.

Texas Gardener Magazine, Rehorning Texas article on Texas Horned Lizard habitat restoration

Rhoads, Dustin. 2024. Introducing the First-Ever Commercially Available Native Plant Seed Mix for a Reptile. Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research Bulletin 14 (1): 5 - 9.

Rhoads, Dustin and Dean Williams. (In press.) 2024. PHRYNOSOMA CORNUTUM (Texas Horned Lizard). ROLLING OF SCAT BY A DUNG BEETLE. Herpetological Review Natural History Note.

Rhoads, Dusty. 2024. Rehorning Texas: Help the Horned Lizard make a Comeback. Texas Gardener Magazine (Jan./Feb. 2024 issue): 32 - 35. (an article by Dusty on using native plants to build & restore Texas Horned Lizard habitat & food webs.)

Rhoads, Dustin and Dean Williams. 2023. Background color-matching in the Texas Horned Lizard (Phrnosoma cornutum). Journal of Herpetology 57 (1): 27 - 35.

Rhoads, Dusty. 2023. Introducing the First-Ever Commercially Available Native Plant Seed Mix for a Reptile (And Not Just Any Reptile…). Phrynosomatics (The Newsletter of the Horned Lizard Conservation Society) May 2023, 28(2): 11-14.

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Prairie Dog eating a native Scarlet Globemallow wildflower.

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