Since these lizards live in burrows, the entrance to their burrow acts as the center of their territory and is actively defended. Males and females each have their own burrow, so they equally defend their own territory by using their tails to signal to rivals to not invade their space. They do this by coiling and lifting their tail, showing the tail-tip badge that is black among males and orange among females, as well as pushing-up on their legs to lift their belly from the ground in order to also display the patch of color located there.
