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Zebra-tailed Lizard

Callisaurus draconoides

The Zebra-tailed Lizard is a colorful reptile with a long tail that has black and white stripes. They love to bask in the sun and can run really fast when they feel scared!

Lebensraum: Desert

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The Zebra-tailed Lizard has a flattened body with a long, strikingly banded black and white tail. Its pale grey to sandy body is marked with dark spots, helping it blend into its desert home.

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Zebra-tailed Lizard
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Zebra-tailed Lizard

Kategorie

Reptilien

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

If caught, this lizard can detach its tail to escape, and it grows back!

These desert dwellers get most water from eating juicy insects and plants!

They run so fast, sometimes lifting front legs to sprint on two feet!

To hide from danger, they quickly dive headfirst into sand and disappear!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Desert Sprint

Zebra-tailed Lizard can sprint incredibly fast on sandy terrain because of its long legs and streamlined body.

Fähigkeit

Tail Communication & Distraction

Zebra-tailed Lizard can wag its striking tail to distract predators or signal to other lizards.

Fähigkeit

Instant Sand Dive

Zebra-tailed Lizard can quickly bury itself in loose sand because its flattened body allows for rapid concealment.

Maße und Details

Länge
6-25 cm
Gewicht
0.005-0.02 kg
Lebenserwartung
3-5 Jahre
Top Speed
29 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-8
Brutzeit
30-45 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

A swift hunter, the Zebra-tailed Lizard mainly eats insects and other small invertebrates.

Hauptnahrung

  • beetles
  • grasshoppers
  • ants
  • spiders
  • small lizards

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Gopher Snake

Pituophis catenifer

A common snake predator in its desert habitat.

eaten by

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

This swift hawk hunts lizards from above.

eats

Silky Ant

Formica fusca

A common food source for young and adult lizards.

eats

Gray Bird Grasshopper

Schistocerca nitens

Hunts and consumes various desert grasshoppers.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch from a distance and don't try to catch lizards; they are best left in their homes.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Zebra-tailed Lizard?

6-25 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Zebra-tailed Lizard?

0.005-0.02 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Zebra-tailed Lizard?

3-5 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Zebra-tailed Lizard?

29 km/h

Was frisst Zebra-tailed Lizard?

A swift hunter, the Zebra-tailed Lizard mainly eats insects and other small invertebrates.

Wo findet man Zebra-tailed Lizard normalerweise?

Desert

Wie jagt Zebra-tailed Lizard?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von Zebra-tailed Lizard?

2-8

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Neueste Snaps

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