It may also restrict activity during the hottest times of the year. Daily activity may occur at any time when temperatures are mild to warm. Activity consists largely of sitting next to ant nests or trails or moving between them. No studies of reproduction in California populations have been made. In Utah courtship and copulation begin in May and last through June.
Species probably competes with other ant eaters including birds and other lizards.
Nothing reported about parasites and diseases. Reproduction in the short-horned lizard Phrynosoma douglassi in Arizona. Pianka, E. R., and W. S. Parker. 1975. Stebbins, R. C. 1954. Amphibians and reptiles of western North America.