The desert horned lizard is not able to adapt to cold conditions. That's why it lives in the desert.
reptiles are among the most diverse and versatile species on earth, and the variety of places in which lizards have adapted to live shows this. lizards are often specialised to their habitat, like every other animal on earth. for example, the thorny toad, a desert species, is covered with defensive spikey scales, but they also serve to channel condensation into it's mouth, giving it vital water in it's dry climate, and the chameleon's feet have curved toes that are joined together to make a hand perfect for grasping onto branches. why do lizards live in both places? well, simply because they can. there's food enough for them, and anywhere a species can find a niche for itself, it will survive. Geckos can also live in the desert they can only live in Madagascar which is wired and they suck stuff!!!!!
there are many different variations that they have created. Some will store water in their tails and use it when needed. Some are nocturnal so they don't need as much water. Many have very thick dry skin so that moisture is not released when not needed.
by not losing moisture
Desert lizards eat bugs that live in the desert.
Deserts do not adapt but organisms that live in the desert adapt.
Toads live in the forest. Lizards live in the desert. Lizards have tails toads do not.
They don't they live in many different places around the world.Because there are lizards that get their energy from the sun, and that makes the desert the perfect place to live.
in the desert
rain forest or desert
There are a number os species of 'desert lizards' in the Sonoran Desert.
some lizards live under rocks in the desert or in dry places.
some lizards live under rocks in the desert or in dry places
food
the armadillo lizard
No, desert horned lizards live in the deserts of the Southwest United States, not in the Atacama desert.