Habitat
•This lizard inhabits deserts dominated by sagebrush, creosotebush, greasewood, or cactus, on sandy flats, alluvial fans, washes, or at the edge of dunes Periods
of inactivity are spent
burrowed in the soil.
•Ants are the favorite food of horned lizards, making up about 50% of their diet. The lizards also eat honeybees
and a variety of other
insects.
Ecology
•Predators include: prairie falcons, loggerhead shrikes, longnose leopard lizards and striped whipsnakes
