Sudan-Schildechse

The Sudan Shield (Broadleysaurus major), also known as the Brown Shield, lives in rocky regions and dry savannahs in eastern and southeastern Africa. The lizards are 56 inches long. Their dorsal scales are simply keeled, while the scales are arranged in ten longitudinal rows. The throat is pink, the tail bottom ocher. The Sudan shield is subdivided into four difficult to distinguish subtypes, which are perhaps only local color varieties. In some cases black, fine longitudinal stripes occur. Edit the source text

The habitat of the animals is hot and dry, during the dry season average temperatures of 33 ° C, during the rainy season the temperature is 20 to 25 ° C. Sudan sharks are active in the daytime and only retreat into self-excavated earth structures during the hottest hours of the day in fissures, termites, or in the open savannah. They are not aggressive among themselves. They feed on insects, spiders, small vertebrate animals and plant food, mainly fruit. Pancreatic studies have shown that African giant snails (Achatinidae) also play an important role in diet.

Sudan shields bury their two to three eggs in a damp place. The boys hatch after 110 to 145 days and are then ten centimeters long. Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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