Sceloporus magister
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Sceloporus magister | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
| Binomial name | ||||||||||||||
| Sceloporus magister |
Sceloporus magister, also known as the twin-spotted spiny lizard or the desert spiny lizard. Desert spiny lizards eat insects and rarely, small plants.
The desert spiny lizard is a cold blooded animal living in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. Their scientific name is Sceloporus magister. Their other type called the Clark spiny lizard’s scientific name is Sceloporus clarkii.
The way the Desert spiny lizard stays warm like many desert lizards is by changing their color to be darker during cool times. To be absorbing more heat from the sun. Lighter during warm times so then reflecting more of the solar radiation (rays). The spiny lizard also camouflages in the places to not be seen easily.
Like all desert reptiles, the spiny lizard spends most of the day inactive in the burrows. Burrows are much cooler than the ground's surface.
The males have vivid ventral colorings that easily demarcate them from other species.
 |
This lizard article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
