What am I?

[SPJ]

I am not rare but still not all that common in the market. I am born live and not from an egg in the Summer and to avoid predators I use a trick that a well known mammal uses. I am an insectivore and easily handled and easy to care for. What am I?

[tmlowe5704]

a pile of poop?

[recycling goddess]

you are a DSCN0166

am i right???

[SPJ]

you are a DSCN0166

am i right???

Ooooh. Sneaky. Good thing I didn't name the jpeg what this lizard is.

[SPJ]

a pile of poop?

Um.........................No.

[mr~python]

armadillo lizard

[recycling goddess]

so then... i'm wrong

[SPJ]

so then... i'm wrong

Nope. Close. That's the file name of the jpeg.

[SPJ]

armadillo lizard

Ding, Ding, Ding!
You are correct.


They got the name armadillo lizard because they roll up into a ball and grab their tail in their mouth and puff up the spiny hard plates on their body to avoid being eaten by predators.

Cool little lizards that are easy to care for.

[mr~python]

don't they sometimes also roll down slopes while in this ball to evade the predator?