 The desert spiny lizard also uses camouflage so it is not so easily seen by predators.Usually, during the morning hours, it will be out basking in the sun on rocks or any hard surface that is in direct sunlight, but like many desert reptiles, it will seek shelter, usually underground in burrows or any suitable cover that provides shade, during the hottest part of the day in the summertime, as shade provides cooler temperatures than on the ground's surface.It hibernates in late fall and during the cold months of winter before re-emerging in spring.