{"id":8740,"date":"2025-09-19T20:05:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/?p=8740"},"modified":"2025-09-19T20:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:15:52","slug":"where-do-lizards-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/where-do-lizards-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Lizards Live"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Something for a Seven-Year-Old<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a straight, clear explanation for a 7-year-old:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, a lizard\u2019s home isn\u2019t a building\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lizards in the desert have some clever ways of finding homes. They don\u2019t live in houses like people do, but they find spots that keep them safe from the hot sun and from hungry animals. Many lizards dig little burrows in the sand or dirt where it\u2019s cooler. Others hide under rocks, inside cracks, or even in bushes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mojave fringe-toed lizard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

During the hottest part of the day, they often stay hidden in these safe spots. When it\u2019s cooler in the morning or evening, they come out to run around, eat bugs, or warm up by lying on sunny rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, a desert lizard\u2019s \u201chouse\u201d could be a hole in the ground, a shady bush, or even a crack in a boulder\u2014it\u2019s wherever they can stay safe and comfortable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Something for a Seven-Year-Old a straight, clear explanation for a 7-year-old: So, a lizard\u2019s home isn\u2019t a building\u2014 Lizards in the desert have some clever ways of finding homes. They don\u2019t live in houses like people do, but they find spots that keep them safe from the hot sun and from hungry animals. Many lizards … Continue reading “Where Lizards Live”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,226],"tags":[1919,1921,1918,1916,986,201,199,1922,1917,1920],"class_list":["post-8740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-wildlife","tag-chuckwalla","tag-desert-animals-for-kids","tag-desert-iguana","tag-desert-lizards","tag-desert-wildlife","tag-horned-lizard","tag-horny-toad","tag-mojave-desert-lizards","tag-side-blotched-lizard","tag-zebra-tailed-lizard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8744,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8740\/revisions\/8744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}