Complex sentence: Although "S. hoyi" prefers moist habitats, it has been recorded to live in areas with both wet and dry soil, but if it is living in a more arid environment, it needs to have a source of water nearby.
Split into simpler sentences: Although "S. hoyi" prefers moist habitats, it has been recorded to live in areas with both wet and dry soil. But, if it is living in a more arid environment, it needs to have a source of water nearby.