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Horny toads aren’t really toads at all. In fact, they’re lizards, complete with scales and claws. Texas is home to three species of horned lizards, and their geographic ranges sometimes overlap in West Texas.
Myrmecophagous – eats mainly ants! Horny Toads are a genus of lizard adapted to the desert that boasts a number of large horns on the backside of their skull. Horny toads are in the genus Phrynosoma – meaning “toad-bodied” – a reference to the very short tails of horny toads.
History. During the 1960s, it was a popular restaurant called Hungry Charlie’s and then the location of Caleb’s Tavern. In 1974, Michael Spoerndle, formerly a student at the Culinary Institute of America, rented the building for a French and Italian restaurant, which opened in March 1975. He named it Toad’s Place, after a childhood joke.
The principal owner was Charles Joyner, a local physician who was a disc jockey at Toad’s Place while he was a Yale undergraduate in the 1980s. On 9 March 2009, Toad’s Place Richmond was closed. All scheduled shows were canceled and/or moved to The National, another venue in Richmond.
Bob Dylan started a tour with a Toad’s Place performance including four sets that lasted over five hours, his longest show to date. It was his first club performance in 25 years. Original drummer Dave Lombardo performs with the group for the first time since 1992.