Zebra-tailed lizard
Callisaurus draconoides Blainville, 1835
Status not recordedlizards
The zebra-tailed lizard (Callisaurus draconoides) is a species in the family Phrynosomatidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 12.3 g to 14.3 g and reach 7.39 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the zebra-tailed lizard
- Weight
- 12.3 g – 14.3 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 6.79 cm – 7.39 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 8 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 15src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 9 months – 2 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1 – 5src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the zebra-tailed lizard?
What eats the zebra-tailed lizard?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Recorded predators of the zebra-tailed lizard
2 on record
- Sidewinder Crotalus cerastes2 sources
- Glossy snake Arizona elegans2 sources
Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).
References for these records
- Feeding Ecology of Sidewinder Rattlesnakes, Crotalus cerastes (Viperidae). 2016. Herpetologica 72(4): 324-330
- Eichenwald, A. J., Fefferman, N. H., & Reed, J. M. (2024). Potential extinction cascades in a desert ecosystem: Linking food web interactions to community viability. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e10930. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10930. Accessed at <https://github.com/aeiche01/MojaveFoodWeb/archive/
- Food Habits of the Glossy Snake, Arizona elegans, with Comparisons to the Diet of Sympatric Long-Nosed Snakes, Rhinocheilus lecontei. 1999. Journal of Herpetology 33(1): 87-92
Where does the zebra-tailed lizard live?
Not recorded
Is the zebra-tailed lizard endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the zebra-tailed lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyPhrynosomatidae
- genusCallisaurus
- SpeciesCallisaurus draconoides Blainville, 1835
Synonyms Callisaurus carmenensis, Callisaurus crinitus, Callisaurus draconoides gabbii, Callisaurus inusitatus, Callisaurus plasticus, Callisaurus rhodostictus, Callisaurus splendidus, Homalosaurus ventralis, Homolosaurus ventralis
Other names and names in other languages (21)
- ZebrahaleleguanDanish
- ZebraschwanzleguanGerman
- GitterschwanzleguanGerman
- Cachora AreneraSpanish
- cachorita blancaSpanish
- Lagartija cachoraSpanish
- lagartija cola de cebraSpanish
- Lézard à queue de zèbreFrench
- シマオトカゲJapanese
- HekstaartleguaanDutch
- Lagarto-rabo-de-zebraPortuguese
- Зеброхвостая игуанаRussian
- ctamófiSeri
- กิ้งก่าซีบราเทลThai
- Mojave Zebratail Lizardroot
- Arizona Zebratail Lizardroot
- Eastern Zebratail Lizardroot
- Nevada Zebratail Lizardroot
- Northern Zebratail Lizardroot
- Western Zebratail Lizardroot
- 斑尾蜥Chinese
Relatives of the zebra-tailed lizard
Other species in the same family Phrynosomatidae.
Texas horned lizard
Phrynosoma cornutum
Pygmy horned lizard
Phrynosoma douglasii
Blue belly
Sceloporus occidentalis
Fence lizard
Sceloporus undulatus
Side-blotched lizard
Uta stansburiana
Desert horned lizard
Phrynosoma platyrhinos
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the zebra-tailed lizard?
An adult zebra-tailed lizard weighs 12.3 g – 14.3 g and measures 6.79 cm – 7.39 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the zebra-tailed lizard?
The zebra-tailed lizard (Callisaurus draconoides) belongs to the family Phrynosomatidae in the order Squamata.
What eats the zebra-tailed lizard?
Animals recorded preying on the zebra-tailed lizard include sidewinder and glossy snake. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference. - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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