Family: Agamidae
Common Name: Moroccon dabb lizard
Scientific Name: Uromastyx acanthinura
Food: dandelion, clover, cichory, plantain, mulberry-tree, hibiscus, figs as well as deadheadroaches and superworms.
Distribution: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Chad, Mali, Niger Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, N Sudan
Habitat: stone-desert. A fine grained soil, almost clayish and rocks and stones of all sizes. These rocks create numerous moist microhabitats, as they save the moisture of the rare rains underneath them and also they concentrate water on one side of the rock, where then plants have a better chance to survive. The Dabbs start their burrow under a large rock, and can dig a burrow which can be several feet long. Inside it has always a certain moisture and even at the hottest weather it will be below 90F deep enough in it. They spend 80% of their life in these burrows
Color Discription: Moroccon dabb lizard are green, red, yellow and greybrown all the young are all greyish in color
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Breeding/Reproduction: Breeding takes place in May and eggs are laid in June-July. Babies hatch in September. Eggs need very special care in order to hatch.
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Special Note: A terrarium must have a place with a certain moisture for them to hide, but not wet. Otherwise shedding problems will come and toes will fall off.