Keeping and Breeding of Costa Rican Rainbow Stripe (Diploglossus monotropis (Kuhl, 1820)) at BION Terrarium Center
BION Terrarium Center has many years of experience in keeping Costa Rican rainbow stripe (Diploglossus monotropis (Kuhl, 1820))
This reptile is a genus of New World diploglossid lizards, with 19 described species, commonly known as galliwasps.
They are diurnal and terrestrial lizards. They are found in regions of rainforests and monsoon rainforests of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador. This species is not common and hard to find in nature because of their lifestyle as they like to hide and borrow themselves in substrate and dry foliage. Maximum known life span in captivity was reported to be 12 years.
This species has nocturnal activity.
In January 2016, the breeding group of Costa Rican rainbow stripe (Diploglossus monotropis) in BION included 3 adult males and 4 females. The group was imported from Panama in December 2013.
Terrarium. We use glass terrariums of 70*50*50 cm (28*20*20 in) for keeping one adult animal or a pair. We keep them separately due to their very aggressive character and keep pairs together only during the breeding season. We use dry foliage, fine bark chips, sphagnum moss, coconut fiber or chips in one mixture. The substrate level should be not less than 10–12 cm (4–5 in) for comfortable digging and security of these lizards. According to our observations, they are active only early in the morning and at the dusk.
