 By the time it is ready for hibernation, the lizard puts on long strips of fat on each side of the backbone which presumably enables it to survive the long winter months.Projected agricultural growth would cause considerable declines of Hardwicke's spiny-tailed lizard (>20%) populations.Hardwicke's spiny-tailed lizard is largely herbivorous and its teeth are adapted for a plant diet which comprises the flowers and fruits of the kair ("Capparis aphylla"); the beans of khejri ("Prosopis spicigera"); the fruit of "Salvadora persica", and grass.