Diurnal. These lizards are swift runners, curling their tails over their backs to expose the "zebra" stripes. When disturbed, they curl tail and wag it. They eat anything they can catch: insects, spiders, smaller lizards. Diet also occasionally includes flowers. This lizard lays an average of 4 eggs per clutch (range 2-6), and may lay as many as 5 clutches in years with greater than average rainfall.