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CITES II
Cordylidae

Armadillo Girdled Lizard

Ouroborus cataphractus

Traceable. The figures above appear in the page we cite, which we opened on 10 Aug 2026. That means you can check them, not that we have confirmed they are right. responsibleherpetoculture.foundation

Photograph: Kevin Murray · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Drag the sun. The sheet states a night temperature, so the rail follows it.

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https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/ouroborus-cataphractus

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warm end38 °C
cool end28 °C
Humidity50–60 %
Enclosure90×50×50
Diet1 days

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
28°Cool side
38°Warm side
24°Night

Day: a real gradient, 38°C warm against 28°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 24°C.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 38 °C / cool 28 °C / night 24 °C

Humidity

50–60%Target RH

The sheet states50-60%

UVB

Requiredrequired

The sheet stateslampe UV (Zoomed 10.0) ou tube fluorescent

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

38 °C50–60 % RHUVB tube90 cm50 cm
warm sideUVB tube
50100150200 cm
90 × 50 × 50 cmWidth × depth × height
45dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet stateshorizontal terrariums of 90*50*50 cm (35.43*19.68*19.68 in) per group (1:3) or (1:2)

Temperature
warm 38 °C / cool 28 °C / night 24 °C
Humidity
50–60%

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 1 dAs the sheet states
28Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesInsects are given 1 time in 3 days at the rate of 5-7 pieces per individual. Salad is offered every other day. Food is offered daily if we talk about babies.

Common questions

Why is it so expensive?

It is protected and breeds very slowly, with one or two babies a year, and only documented captive-bred stock can be sold legally.

Can I keep a group?

Yes, and they do better that way. In the wild they live in family groups inside rock cracks.

Does it bite?

Almost never. Its defence is to bite its own tail and roll into an armoured ball.

What does it eat?

Insects, especially termites in the wild. Here we feed crickets and roaches with supplement.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 90 × 50 × 50 cmbecause enclosure — horizontal terrariums of 90*50*50 cm (35.43*19.68*19.68 in) per group (1:3) or (1:2)
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 38 °C / cool 28 °C / night 24 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 38 °C / cool 28 °C / night 24 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 38 °C / cool 28 °C / night 24 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 38 °C / cool 28 °C / night 24 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 50-60%
UVB, stated as requiredbecause uvb — lampe UV (Zoomed 10.0) ou tube fluorescent

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

responsibleherpetoculture.foundation — lu le 2026-08-04speciesplus.net — lu le 2026-08-08www.sanbi.org — lu le 2026-08-08

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What this sheet states

77%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.