Description: A small (up to 2.75 inches from snout to vent), white lizard with variable markings. Looks very similar to the Speckled Earless Lizard, but much lighter, almost entirely white. The scales are small and granular.

Habitat: Sandy soil including sand dunes

Range: Only found in the White Sands area of Otero County, New Mexico

Found in these States: NM

Diet: It feeds on a variety of insects including grasshoppers, beetles, bees, wasps, ants, true bugs, butterflies, and moths. It also eats a variety of spiders and small lizards.

Reproduction: Mating takes place in spring and one or two clutches of eggs are laid in spring and summer. Clutch size ranges from 1 to 10 eggs

Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of the relatively large and stable extent of occurrence, area of occupancy, number of subpopulations, and population size. No major threats have been identified.

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