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!

Hábitat: Desert

Aspecto

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.

ReinoAnimaliaFiloChordataClaseSquamataOrdenLacertiliaFamiliaPhrynosomatidaeGéneroCallisaurus

Zebra-tailed Lizard

Categoría

Reptiles

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 6-25 cm
Peso: 0.005-0.02 kg
Esperanza de vida: 3-5 años
Top Speed: 29 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 2-8
Incubación: 30-45 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

beetles
grasshoppers
ants
spiders
small lizards

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

A rayas

Marcado con bandas paralelas o líneas de color.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Camuflado

El camuflaje describe a los organismos que poseen colores o patrones que les permiten mezclarse con su entorno.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Desierto

Los hábitats desérticos son regiones áridas caracterizadas por precipitaciones extremadamente bajas y, a menudo, temperaturas extremas, que albergan una flora y fauna especializadas.