They are common in certain areas of the badlands and subsist on a diet of ants, spiders, and sowbugs. Sagebrush lizards are small, reclusive, and extremely quick. This may account for the scarcity of sightings in North Dakota. They have been collected in the badlands near Medora and southward. They seem to prefer rocky areas near water and adjacent areas of sandy soil and sagebrush.
Sagebrush lizards eat a wide variety of insects.
Prairie skinks are also known as black-banded skinks. They have smooth, shiny scales and grow up to seven inches in length, with bands of brown and black along the length of the back. Juvenile skinks are easily identified by their bright blue tails. Prairie skinks are active during the summer, and are found in sandy areas such as the sand dunes and grasslands in eastern and northern North Dakota. Their diet includes grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, caterpillars, and spiders.