Ah, i figured it wasnt the same since the scientific name was different. So many similar lizards haha, its cool looking, at least we can all agree there xD
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To make things simple she is a Dwarf Armadillo Lizard. Gotta order a online fecal to be done to make sure she’s not carrying anything that could get to my snakes. She’s not housed anywhere near them but I don’t wanna risk my main collection with all the investment in them.
But so far she is showing her intelligence. When the heat bulb I put in wasn’t getting hot enough she decided to just cling to the lid under it off and on all day. She’s found her drinking/soaking dish (unsure if she’s a dry shedder or wet one) and is making great use of all the various branches covering 75% of the verticle space.
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That does look like an armadillo lizard, just not an armadillo girdled lizard.
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the pet trade name for Cordylus tropidosternum is the Forest Armadillo Lizard.
We use to sell those for $25 each back at a Petco I use to work at in high school (around year 1997 ?) then they disappeared from the import list due to regulations… and are now recently making a comeback at around $75 -$90 each in pet shops as of today 10/07/2021.
FYI the “real” armadillo lizard that goes for $ 3000 each is the Ouroborus cataphractus aka the Armadillo girdled lizard which you will never see in this lifetime at your local big box pet shop.
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These are considered beraducci, not jonesi.
So common name would beraducci’s armadillo lizard.
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