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Dallas Zoo Welcomes Baby Texas Horned Lizards

The Dallas Zoo is welcoming dozens of new additions, and Texas Christian University fans might be especially interested.

A batch of 39 Texas horned lizards recently hatched, the zoo announced Thursday on Facebook.

This was a first for the Dallas Zoo, which said the reptiles, also known as "horny toads," are a threatened species no longer found in East and Central Texas.

The babies, for now, are only about the size of a penny.

Check out more information about the Dallas Zoo's Texas Horned Lizard Conservation Project.

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Posted by Dallas Zoo on Thursday, July 23, 2015
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