Habitat
•This species occurs in sage-steppe habitats, sometimes
in the presence of sedimentary
rock outcrops (limestone and sandstone), and in areas with open stands of limber pine and Utah juniper or ponderosa
pine.
•In many places, open bare ground is abundant, grass
cover is less than 10%, and
height of shrub cover may be as low as 0.25 meters.
Favored areas tend to have a high percentage of open bare ground and a component of low to tall bushes, such as sagebrush and rabbitbrush It uses rodent burrows, shrubs, logs, and rocks for cover.
Favored areas tend to have a high percentage of open bare ground and a component of low to tall bushes, such as sagebrush and rabbitbrush It uses rodent burrows, shrubs, logs, and rocks for cover.
Food Habits
•This species is an invertivore; nine orders of insects
(ants, beetles, and moths the
most abundant), spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites have been reported in the diet. Adults sometimes eat hatchling lizards.
