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Desert Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus magister

The Desert Spiny Lizard is a small, colorful lizard that loves to bask in the sun. It has spiky scales that help it blend into the desert rocks, making it a master of camouflage!

Lebensraum: Desert

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The Desert Spiny Lizard is a stout-bodied reptile covered in sharp, keeled scales that give it a spiky look. Its body is usually mottled brown, gray, or tan for desert camouflage, while males often display striking blue or turquoise patches on their throat and belly.

ReichAnimaliaStammChordataKlasseSquamataOrdnungLacertiliaFamiliePhrynosomatidaeGattungSceloporus
Desert Spiny Lizard
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Desert Spiny Lizard

Kategorie

Reptilien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Males do push-ups to show off and scare rivals away!

These lizards puff up their bodies to look much bigger to predators.

They can detach their tail to escape danger! It even grows back!

They use their strong claws to climb trees and rocky cliffs!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Quick-Change Artist

Desert Spiny Lizard can change its skin color to match rocks or sand, helping them hide from sharp-eyed predators.

Fähigkeit

Spiky Shield

Desert Spiny Lizard has tough, spiny scales that make them less appealing for hungry birds or snakes to try to eat.

Fähigkeit

Sun Seeker

Desert Spiny Lizard can warm up in the sun to get energy and cool down in the shade, helping them control their body temperature.

Maße und Details

Länge
25-30 cm
Gewicht
0.02-0.05 kg
Lebenserwartung
5-7 Jahre
Top Speed
15 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-17
Brutzeit
60-75 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

This lizard enjoys a feast of insects and spiders, hunting small critters in the desert.

Hauptnahrung

  • Ants
  • Beetles
  • Crickets
  • Grasshoppers
  • Spiders
  • Small Scorpions

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Crotalus atrox

A common desert predator.

eaten by

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Hunts from the sky.

eats

Rough Harvester Ant

Pogonomyrmex rugosus

A favorite small snack.

eats

Gray Bird Grasshopper

Schistocerca nitens

Another tasty insect meal.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

If you see a lizard, watch it from a distance and don't try to catch it.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Desert Spiny Lizard?

25-30 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Desert Spiny Lizard?

0.02-0.05 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Desert Spiny Lizard?

5-7 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Desert Spiny Lizard?

15 km/h

Was frisst Desert Spiny Lizard?

This lizard enjoys a feast of insects and spiders, hunting small critters in the desert.

Wo findet man Desert Spiny Lizard normalerweise?

Desert

Wie jagt Desert Spiny Lizard?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von Desert Spiny Lizard?

2-17

Snap-Karte

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Neueste Snaps

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