| general
|
| description |
It is fantastic desertified
clown piggies (it seizes prey while somersaulting; groups
straddle the food bowl waiting for you to refill it; chow
until they barf; bask until it self-bastes, and is generally
a lot of fun and very beautiful) |
| distribution |
South America; Paraguayan Chaco (not Egyptian Tomb reliefs) |
| adult
size |
3" - 4" |
| housing |
| natural
habitats |
Arboreal; tropical rain
forests |
| cage |
It should be high instead
of wide for Arboreal reptiles. (e.g. Wooden
Terrarium, Glass
Terrarium) |
| branch |
As it is Arboreal, a lot
of branches are needed to climb and stay on (e.g. Habba
Tree , Sand-Blasted
Grapevine) |
| substrate |
Soil, moss (e.g. Forest
Bed , Forest Moss),
barks (e.g. Repti Bark,
Coconut Bark) |
| activity
period |
 Nighttime (nocturnal);
give heat and help monitoring by infrared lamps (e.g. Nightlight
Red Bulb, Infrared
Heat Lamp) where the light is invisible for it but
humans |
| temperature |
26 - 28 ¢XC -- basking
spot (e.g. Basking
Spot Lamp)
22 - 24 ¢XC -- cooler area (e.g. Daylight
Blue Bulb)
18 - 20 ¢XC -- at night (e.g. Nightlight
Red Bulb, Infrared
Heat Lamp, Ceramic
Heat Emitter) |
| humidity |
Constantly
80 - 85 %;
Spray water all over its body and the surroundings |
| water
dish |
a large water bowl or
dish (e.g. Rock water
dish) should be available to access all the time |
| diet |
| wild
diet |
Insectivorous (insects-eating);
ants, termites, small beetles and other small leaf litter
arthropods |
| captive
diet |
various small
arthropods (e.g. insects, flies, worms, crickets, etc) |
| notes |
Remove all the remaining
insects because they (specially crickets) will be harassing
it at night, resulting stress.
Food items should be no larger than 1/3 of the size of
its head. |
| reproduction |
| reproduction
|
Oviparous |
