I was walking beside my fence in the backyard and saw a very weird looking lizard on my fence. We have mostly green anoles and 5-lined skinks around here so I was kind of shocked to find something else running around. This was very bumpy brown with horns on its broad head and a short stubby fat almost flat body. So, I looked it up under lizards of N.C. and actually found it on there under Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum). It said it was now found in N.C. because of the pet trade. It also eats ants so I guess it was in the right place

. I also read that they can squirt blood from their eyes when disturbed. This would have been neat to witness but I'd hate to think that my dogs were bothering it so I guess I don't mind not being witness to this. Hopefully it will be smart enough to stay on the other side of the fence where it will more likely be left alone.