540
edits
New Mexico whiptail lizard: Difference between revisions
From CreationWiki, the encyclopedia of creation science
Jump to navigationJump to search
→Ecology
| Line 58: | Line 58: | ||
== Ecology == | == Ecology == | ||
[[File:example.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Description]] | [[File:example.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Description]] | ||
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' | 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)[3]. | ||
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[3]. | |||
== Reproduction == | == Reproduction == | ||
