When running it rises up on its toes, keeping its heels off the ground. It climbs very well, but slowly. Captives have eaten earthworms, grasshoppers, raw ground meat, and carcasses of mice but have seemed incapable of killing larger prey. Adults appear to be generally solitary and to avoid one another, but there may be temporary associations between two adults of the opposite or the same sex. Several sounds have been recorded during agonistic or sexual encounters.
Gestation is variable, being shorter when ambient temperature is higher.