The sand skink escapes predators by slithering underground, where it remains buried until the coast is clear.
Some lizards stand on their hind legs and sprint from harm's way.
And then there's the chuckwalla, a rock-dweller native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. When danger encroaches, this foot-long member of the Iguanidae family can compress its body and squeeze itself into a narrow crevice, where it often remains undetected. If caught, it can inflate its lungs until its wedged-in body is too large to be pulled free by a frustrated enemy. Expanding folds of skin then act like tiny parachutes to guide the reptilian air-sailor to its next limb.