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Terrestrial
A largely terrestrial, lowland species often found in dry sandy areas where it takes refuge under thorny bushes such as Buffalo Thorn (Ziziphus mucronata) (De Waal 1978). It occasionally basks in the branches of bushes or trees and retreats into burrows of small mammals or short self-excavated holes at the bases of bushes or under stones (Visser 1984, Branch 1998).