These are terrestrial lizards living in sandy or rocky dry, hot areas. Pugnacious, they will fight off other lizards, including conspecifics, and even snakes. Spend the hottest part of the day in burrows under ground. Digs using both limbs on one side at a time. Curls its tail up over itself when agitated, exposing the boldly striped pattern on the ventral surface.
Housing Keep as for bearded dragons.
Large, dry, spacious terrarium with a deep sand layer and some rocky slabs or bark for cover and perching. Keep the one area of the sand substrate slightly damp for burrowing. Fluorescents emitting UVB are required. Food Arthropods - crickets, worms, spiders, beetles. Larger species may be able to take day-old pinks.