It mostly feeds on vegetation, leaves, flowers, stems, and fruit, but will eat small animals. May. The female lays up to 50 eggs in burrows. In North America, this lizard is a native of western Mexico, but has been introduced in extreme south Texas and southeastern Florida. In Texas, it is seen only in Cameron County in the Brownsville area. This project funded by the University of Texas College of Natural Sciences and the Texas Memorial Museum .
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