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== Ecology == | == Ecology == | ||
[[File:New Mexico Whiptail Lizard.jpg|thumb|150px|left]] | [[File:New Mexico Whiptail Lizard.jpg|thumb|150px|left]] | ||
In Arizona, the New Mexico Whiptail lizard population lives on a shrubby and sandy floodplain (within the Plains Grassland community). They are also found in and around the Puerco Ruins at Petrified Forest National Park, elevation approximately 5,500'or 1,675 m) | In Arizona, the New Mexico Whiptail lizard population lives on a shrubby and sandy floodplain (within the Plains Grassland community). They are also found in and around the Puerco Ruins at Petrified Forest National Park, elevation approximately 5,500'or 1,675 m) <ref name=lizardm/> . | ||
The New Mexico Whiptail Lizard's diet mainly consists of insects such as termites, beetles, moths, grasshoppers, ants, and a variety of larvae and similar insects. It also consumes organic material found by digging in the soil under bushes and around the bases of rocks, and other surface debris. <ref name=WikiTail/> | The New Mexico Whiptail Lizard's diet mainly consists of insects such as termites, beetles, moths, grasshoppers, ants, and a variety of larvae and similar insects. It also consumes organic material found by digging in the soil under bushes and around the bases of rocks, and other surface debris. <ref name=WikiTail/> <ref name=lizardm/> | ||
== Protection from Predators == | == Protection from Predators == | ||
