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Common Sagebrush Lizard

sceloporus graciosus

The Common Sagebrush Lizard is a small and colorful lizard that loves to bask in the sun! With its amazing ability to change colors, it can blend into its surroundings and avoid predators.

Lebensraum: They live in sagebrush deserts and dry grasslands across the western United States.

Aussehen

The Common Sagebrush Lizard is typically gray, tan, or brown with dark blotches or stripes that help it blend in. Males often display vibrant blue patches on their throat and belly, especially during breeding season. Its scales are granular, giving it a somewhat rough appearance.

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Common Sagebrush Lizard
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Common Sagebrush Lizard

Kategorie

Reptilien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Each sagebrush lizard has unique markings, just like human fingerprints!

They swallow sand to help digest their food and get important minerals!

This lizard can do push-ups to show off to other lizards!

To warm up, they angle their bodies perfectly to catch the sun's rays!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Camouflage Power

Common Sagebrush Lizard can blend perfectly into its rocky and sandy surroundings because of its mottled skin patterns that help them hide from predators.

Fähigkeit

Tail Escape

Common Sagebrush Lizard can detach its tail when caught by a predator, because the wiggling tail distracts the attacker, allowing them to escape.

Fähigkeit

UV Vision

Common Sagebrush Lizard has special eyes that can see ultraviolet light, which helps them find food and spot other lizards.

Maße und Details

Länge
10-20 cm
Gewicht
0.002-0.01 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-5 Jahre
Top Speed
18 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-10
Brutzeit
45-75 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

Mostly eats small insects and spiders, but will snack on plants and even other tiny lizards!

Hauptnahrung

  • ants
  • beetles
  • grasshoppers
  • spiders
  • small caterpillars
  • some plant matter

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Silky Ant

Formica fusca

A common prey item for young lizards.

hunts

House Cricket

Acheta domesticus

A common insect prey in its habitat.

eaten by

Prairie Rattlesnake

Crotalus viridis

A primary predator of these small lizards.

eaten by

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Hunts lizards from the sky.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Sagebrush LizardWestern Sagebrush Lizard

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Common Sagebrush Lizard?

10-20 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Common Sagebrush Lizard?

0.002-0.01 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Sagebrush Lizard?

2-5 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Common Sagebrush Lizard?

18 km/h

Was frisst Common Sagebrush Lizard?

Mostly eats small insects and spiders, but will snack on plants and even other tiny lizards!

Wo findet man Common Sagebrush Lizard normalerweise?

They live in sagebrush deserts and dry grasslands across the western United States.

Wie jagt Common Sagebrush Lizard?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von Common Sagebrush Lizard?

2-10

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