The lizards are native to a small portion of the Permian Basin and have lost more than 95% of their habitat to oil and gas development and the mining of sand for fracking. “What a tremendous relief ...

The region's shinnery oaks are only four or five feet high, but they provide food, shade and a breeding ground for the small, brown dunes sagebrush lizard — otherwise known as the sand dune lizard.

The best place to find a Tracktail Lizard is in area 11 of the Windward Plains, close to where the rocks meet the sand dunes. You might remember this area as one of the Balahara's potential arenas ...

An environmental group instrumental in winning an endangered species listing for a struggling lizard species in the Permian ...