They have to take a certain risk if they want to eat food. However, armadillo lizards cannot stay close to rocks forever, because they feed on termites. Therefore, the armadillo lizard detects the danger in time and burrows into the cracks, which is far more effective than the passive defense of the ball. Once a member of the group feels dangerous, it will act immediately and bring other armadillo lizards together. There are usually 30 or even hundreds of them together. Therefore, armadillo lizards usually choose to act in places with more rocks, or simply basking in the sun by the stones, so that they can quickly escape when they are in danger.Īt the same time, the armadillo lizard is a gregarious animal of. The former should try to catch them before the latter burrowed into the rock, while the latter would definitely exhaust all their energy to find alive. Therefore, their main escape skill is to take advantage of their petite figure, quickly run into the narrow crevices, and then get out.Īt that moment, it was the real confrontation between the meerkat and the armadillo lizard. So for the armadillo lizard, biting the tail and curling up into a ball is just one of the ways to save their lives, not a long-term solution.
Moreover, even if they use the trick of "huddle into a ball", they will often be inevitable, because the meerkat will directly snatch the armadillo lizard away, and use the active attack to deal with the armadillo lizard's passive defense. In order to survive, the body color of the armadillo lizard has evolved into a yellowish brown similar to that of sandy land, but this is far from enough. Therefore, the hunting of meerkats is a type of "killing all the prey". Their natural enemy is meerkat (yes, it is the prototype of and Tin Man _span in " lion king "),This small mammal has a very large appetite and needs to constantly forage to fill up its stomach.
So which predator does the armadillo lizard want to guard against? This has to start with their survival.Īrmadillo lizards live in the deserts of South Africa. Avoid the sharp teeth of foragers.Īccording to observations, in order to effectively defend against foragers, the armadillo lizard will remain curled up for up to 1 hour. Same as the armadillo, the frightened armadillo lizard will quickly curl up into a ball, hold the tail with its mouth, and loop the body into a rolling ball, so as to protect the soft body of the abdomen with the hard scales on the back. It can be held in the palm of the hand.īack to the name of the armadillo lizard, the reason why they can "borrow" the name of the armadillo is related to their defensive posture. The length of the adult armadillo lizard is about 10 cm, the weight is 140 grams, and the weight is about the same as a small tube of toothpaste. Some people use domineering to describe the appearance of armadillo lizards, and some people think they are somewhat similar to the dragons of the dragon mother in Game of Thrones, but in fact the armadillo lizards are very small. To exaggerate, the latter "borrowed" The name of the former is better than the former. Interestingly, on another continent of this planet, there is also a kind of "cute", their name is very simple, just add a "lizard" after the word "armadillo".Īlthough it is a word difference, armadillo and armadillo lizard are two completely different animals. My lizard currently has four spots to hide.The armadillo family that lives in South America has a special skill, which is to form a ball when encountering a dangerous group and protect itself with an "armor". The more you have cohabited the more hides you need to provide. When they aren't sheddiing not as many hides need to be humid, but you should keep one or two humid. some hides should be much more humid then normal around the time that they are shedding. The lizards should be provided with plenty of spots to hide, this can be achieved by stacking rocks in different ways. They are also commonly housed on newspaper/paper towel as hatchlings.ĭo not provide your lizard with sand in captivity as it can cause impaction. These lizards do well on low humidity holding substrates such as reptile safe, well draining, chemical free, organic potting soil or top soil If using a loose bedding its recommend you use a food bowl to limmit ingestion of bedding.
#Armadillo lizard face upgrade#
This is the most often recommend tank size if it is your permanent enclosure for your lizard.įor every added lizard you should upgrade your enclosure by 10 gallons for up to 4 lizards at 100g which point it is recommend to build your own, much larger enclosure. One Jones armadillo lizard will comfortably live in a 40g tank.