They disappeared from my home ... North Ft. Worth ... at
exactly the same time we conquered the ants. The latter was
a long and costly battle that lasted years, and was
neighborhood-wide, but eventually they, they ants, were
totally driven out. And with them the horny toads, which
is what we called them. I think the toads are still
plentiful in rural West Texas and New Mexico.
One last thing: the reason the lizards leave when the ants are killed
is because they eat nothing but ants. That's why they're almost
impossible to keep in captivity. They won't eat anything else. No
ants, no food, no lizards. Bronwen