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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.

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

Aspecto

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.

ReinoAnimaliaFiloChordataClaseSquamataOrdenLacertiliaFamiliaPhrynosomatidaeGéneroSceloporus
Common Sagebrush Lizard
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Common Sagebrush Lizard

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

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.

Habilidad

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.

Habilidad

UV Vision

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
10-20 cm
Peso
0.002-0.01 kg
Esperanza de vida
2-5 años
Top Speed
18 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta
2-10
Incubación
45-75 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

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

Método de búsqueda

  • Ambush

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Sagebrush LizardWestern Sagebrush Lizard

Colecciones

Seguridad

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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Common Sagebrush Lizard?

10-20 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Common Sagebrush Lizard?

0.002-0.01 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Common Sagebrush Lizard?

2-5 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de Common Sagebrush Lizard?

18 km/h

¿Qué come Common Sagebrush Lizard?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Common Sagebrush Lizard?

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

¿Cómo caza Common Sagebrush Lizard?

Ambush

¿Cuál es el tamaño de la puesta de Common Sagebrush Lizard?

2-10

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