Stress in any animal can lead to sickness and even death.
Without plants and places to hide, your lizard will be very stressed out. Other enclosure necessities: It is necessary that you include a lot of artificial plants and other such cover. Two males have never successfully lived together in any of the reptile species. Though I have heard that multiple males can live in the same cage if the enclosure is big enough and there is enough hiding space, I don't recommend housing more than 1 male per cage. A baby to sub-adult Armadillos can easily be housed in a 10-gallon aquarium, 20"x10"x12". And just as it does for the mammal, this defensive posture enables the lizard to protect its soft underbelly from predators, exposing only its armored back.Ī 20-gallon "high" aquarium, 24"x12"x16", would be a suitable enclosure for up to 4 adults, 3 females and 1 male. This behavior is remarkably like that of the mammalian armadillo, which explains the common English name for these lizards. They are insect eaters and have an interesting defense, in that if frightened, they will grab their tail in their mouth and roll into a ball. They are one of comparatively few live-bearing lizards The underbelly is yellow with a blackish pattern, especially under the chin. They live in social groups amongst rocky outcrops, wedging themselves between the cracks and crevices of the rocks. They are diurnal creatures, reaching an adult size of somewhere between seven to nine inches in length. Armadillo lizards occur naturally in South Africa.