These live-bearing lizards produce a single litter each year. They are not common in their native ranges and are limited to small geographic areas. There are some species that may already be extinct due to massive land clearing for agricultural expansion or charcoal production. In the wild, they are mostly arboreal and usually live high in the trees. However, I have found specimens on the ground and in rotting wood, or hiding in large clumps of moss. The trees they live in are generally large oak varieties, and they are typically covered with moss, ferns, orchids and most important, bromeliads. They use bromeliads as microhabitats for humidity, water and shelter, and as a source of prey items, which are abundant in the large, epiphytic plants