The answer was the Spiny-tailed lizard
Uromastyx
Daily Animal puzzle number 93 ran on 3 November 2026. The secret animal was the Spiny-tailed lizard. The table below holds the traits the game compares after each guess.
Traits the game compares
| Scientific name | Uromastyx |
|---|---|
| Class | Squamata |
| Family | Agamidae |
| Genus | Uromastyx |
| Diet | Herbivore |
| Activity | Diurnal |
| Body covering | Scales |
| Habitat | Desert |
| Reproduction | Eggs |
| Venomous | None |
| Walks on | 4 legs |
| Typical adult mass | 0.2 oz |
How the guesses narrow it down
Daily Animal gives you six guesses. Each guess is a real animal, and the game marks every trait it shares with the secret animal.
Taxonomy does most of the work. A guess in the same family as the secret animal is very close. A guess in the same class only tells you the broad group. For the Spiny-tailed lizard, that group is Squamata.
The other tiles narrow the field when taxonomy cannot. Diet, activity, the legs it walks on, body covering and habitat each split the pool a different way, so two guesses from different branches usually locate the answer faster than two similar guesses.