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CITES II
Teiidae

Caiman Lizard

Dracaena guianensis

Narrower than the page we cite. The source we cite, read on 10 Aug 2026, gives a wider range than the one above. The narrowing is ours and nobody here has written down why. dubiaroaches.com

Photograph: Brett Weinstein · CC BY-SA

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Drag the sun. The sheet states a night temperature, so the rail follows it.

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warm end27–32 °C
cool end21–27 °C
Humidity70–80 %
Enclosure244×122×183
Diet1 days

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
21–27°Cool side
27–32°Warm side
24°Night

Day: a real gradient, 27–32°C warm against 21–27°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 24°C.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 27-32 °C / cool 21-27 °C / night 24 °C

Humidity

70–80%Target RH

The sheet states70-80%, and no lower than 60%

UVB

T5 12%required

The sheet statesArcadia Desert 12%, 46" or Zoo Med Reptisun T5 HO 10.0, 46"; basking branch 12-13" below the lamp over mesh, 20-22" below if mounted inside

Identity

Family / Order
Teiidae / Squamata
Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

27–32 °C70–80 % RHUVB tube8 ft6 ft
warm sideUVB tube
50100150200 cm
8 × 4 × 6 ft · 244 × 122 × 183 cmWidth × depth × height
298dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet statesabsolute minimum 8'L x 4'W x 6'H

Temperature
warm 27–32 °C / cool 21–27 °C / night 24 °C
Humidity
70–80%, never below 60%

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 1 dAs the sheet states
28Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statessnails (captive-bred only), mealworms, superworms, dubia roaches, grasshoppers, hornworms, earthworms, crawfish, shrimp, whole fish (tilapia, salmon, pollock), frozen rodents, eggs; younger than one year fed daily, after that 2-3x/week

Common questions

What does it eat? It looks like it needs something special.

Mainly snails, which it cracks with those broad back teeth. You need a reliable snail supply, plus some fish and prawn.

Does it bite?

Those jaws are built to crush snail shells, so a bite is no joke. Most stay calm if you do not grab them, but treat it as a hands-off animal.

What setup does it need?

A big enclosure that is half land and half water, with a pool it can fully submerge in, a basking branch above it and strong filtration.

Is it difficult?

Yes, one of the harder lizards we sell. The water needs constant cleaning and the snail diet is expensive, so it is not a first lizard.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 244 × 122 × 183 cmbecause enclosure — absolute minimum 8'L x 4'W x 6'H
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 27-32 °C / cool 21-27 °C / night 24 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 27-32 °C / cool 21-27 °C / night 24 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 27-32 °C / cool 21-27 °C / night 24 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 27-32 °C / cool 21-27 °C / night 24 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 70-80%, and no lower than 60%
UVB 12-12% (T5), stated as requiredbecause uvb — Arcadia Desert 12%, 46" or Zoo Med Reptisun T5 HO 10.0, 46"; basking branch 12-13" below the lamp over mesh, 20-22" below if mounted inside

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

dubiaroaches.com — lu le 2026-08-04reptilesupershow.com — lu le 2026-08-04gbif.org — lu le 2026-08-08

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What this sheet states

77%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.