I've seen a few care sheets, none of them are really in depth, but these are easy to care for. Actually there are a few subspecies, the ones that are most common in the pet trade are cordylus jonesii, c.tropidosternum and c.mossambicus. These are in the 6-9" range. A true armadillo lizard [ c.catyphractus] is about 15 -17" long [ I believe ] It's the smaller ones that are offered usually, [ the first 3 I mentioned ] and these are from the dry forests of East Africa. Some owners use a mixture of sand + reptile safe mulch. They will use branches, logs + rocky dens all in the same tank, but they don't really climb very high. A basking spot about 90 -95, with ambient around 76-80, night time 65-70. Humidity around 35 %. They'll eat all the usual bugs , including mealworms, superworms, crix + dubia. A water bowl, at least the length of their body, will be used for
drinking and an occasional soak. They need UVB, so you'll need a heat bulb as well as a good UVB, and you can use a mercury vapor bulb [ like Powersun by Zoomed ] to provide both. They are live bearers and can produce at least 1-3 babies [ might be more ] at a time. I enjoyed mine, it was a wild caught adult when I got it but it lived for about 8 years....I've read that they can live 20 years.