Lizards run, raising their bodies above the ground. In what habitat does this have a particular adaptive meaning and why?

Lizards living in desert, hot areas lift their abdomen off the ground. This protective mechanism helps them stay cool. The soil in such areas (Africa, Central and Southeast Asia, Central America) is very hot and if the lizard crawls, touching the ground with its abdomen, like snakes, its area of ​​contact with the ground will be very large, due to which the body temperature will rise greatly. Lizards are cold-blooded and have poor body temperature, they can easily overheat and die. Such a mechanism is considered adaptive and was formed in them in the process of evolution.