Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Over 3,000 captive bred Horned lizards have been released at the Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area. Crews from TPWD and the Fort Worth Zoo catch broodstock at the Matador Wildlife Management Area for propagation. At Mason Mountain and a nearby private ranch, a PhD candidate conducts a variety of studies on Horned lizards.

For more information on Horned lizards go to: tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/thlizard

To see a video on Native Ants go to:
youtube.com/watch?v=fkP02IVl04U&t=313s

To find your local TPWD Biologist go to:
tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/habitat-management/find-a-wildlife-biologist

00:00 – introduction
00:33 – catching Horned lizards at Matador WMA
01:58 – processing captured Horned lizards
02:32 - releasing Horned lizards back to the WMA
02:53 – hatchlings released at Mason Mountain WMA
03:24 – PhD candidate Kira Gangbin tracks Horned lizards
03:50 – Horned lizard nesting ecology study
05:16 – Imported fire ant poisoning study
05:48 – Horned lizard brumation study
06:48 – hatchings are reproducing at Mason Mountain WMA
07:04 – tracking devices
07:58 – many partners for this scale of project
09:16 – best years of Kira’s life (so far)…