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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]. | 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]. | ||
== | == Protection from Predators == | ||
The alertness, agility and speed of this lizard,help it outsmart predators such as roadrunners, thrashers, snakes ,and Gila monsters. These tiny sneaky lizards can sprint up to 15 miles per hour(as fast as a roadrunner). Whiptail lizards are known for escaping capture by sacrificing their tails. Their tail is designed, when grasped, to break off along a fracture plane in the vertebrae. The dismembered tail wriggles violently, which startles and distracts the predator while the lizard dashes to safety [4]. | |||
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