When there is a sandstorm, it's nostrils and eyelids are able to close tightly to keep out sand. The camels lips and tongue are tough, so it can eat thorny or sharp trees. The reptiles in the desert are lizards, tortoises, and snakes. Those animals are cold blooded. That means their bodies stay the same temperature as their surroundings.
Reptiles lie in sun taking in the heat.
When they get too hot they cool off by climbing under a rock. Some of the plants which live in in the desert are trees, shrubs, grasses, weeds, and flowers. These plants in a few different ways. Some push their roots very far in the ground. They find streams underground or other water.