How to Keep the Peruvian Caiman Lizard? A Detailed Guide to Care

Peruvian Caiman Lizard Dracaena Guianensis

Introduction: It is a huge lizard with powerful jaws@#@260@#@, rough and wrinkled skin, a flattened tail, and a back covered in large, raised scales, surrounded by granular scales, just like a caiman.

Geographic distribution: South America; the Amazon region, Brazil, Guyana, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador.

Adult size: about 3"4".

Wild habitat: semi-aquatic; swamps and slow-moving streams.

Enclosure: should be large but not tall, because it does not climb much (e.g. custom wooden cabinet, glass terrarium).

Substrate: bark (e.g. bark, coconut husk chips), soil, gravel.

Activity period: daytime; 12-14 hours of direct sunlight, or UV lighting equipment (e.g. UV tube 5.0, strong UV lamp).

Temperature: 32-34°C -- basking spot (e.g. sun lamp), 25-28°C -- daytime (e.g. daytime blue lamp), 21-24°C -- nighttime (e.g. nighttime red lamp, infrared heat lamp, ceramic heater).

Humidity: medium to high.

Hiding place: essential, because it needs a private spot. It is best to keep it moist inside. Artificial burrows (e.g. tree hollows, heated burrows) can be used.

Food: carnivorous.

Main diet: apples, snails, newborn mice or large white mice.

Breeding: oviparous.

Eggs: 5-7 eggs per clutch.