Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Caatinga, northeastern Brazil: Detailed and updated overview
Author
Uchoa, Lucas Rafael
Centro de Estudos Superiores de Caxias, Universidade Estadual do Maranhao, Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Biodiversidade, Ambiente e Saude, Praca Duque de Caxias, 65604 - 380, Caxias, MA, Brazil
Author
Delfim, Fagner Ribeiro
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologia, Centro de Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, 58059 - 800, Joao Pessoa, PB, Brazil
Author
Mesquita, Daniel Oliveira
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologia, Centro de Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, 58059 - 800, Joao Pessoa, PB, Brazil
Author
Colli, Guarino Rinaldi
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasilia, 70910 - 900, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
Author
Garda, Adrian Antonio
Departamento de Botanica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59078 - 900, Natal, RN, Brazil
Author
Guedes, Thais B.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3318-7193
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083 - 862, Campinas, SP, Brazil & University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Box 461, SE- 405 30, Goeteborg, Sweden
thaisbguedes@yahoo.com.br
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Vertebrate Zoology
2022
2022-08-12
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599
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e78828
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e78828
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Aspronema aff. dorsivittatum
Fig. 17
Type locality.
Paraguay.
Distribution.
In the Caatinga it is recorded only in the state of Bahia. It shows restricted distribution in the Caatinga and occurs along one ecoregion (Table
1
; Appendix S3). Distributed in high elevation areas (787-872 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 21 to 22°C, and average annual rainfall between 690 and 813 mm.
Ecological notes.
Terrestrial and diurnal (
Vrcibradic et al. 2004
). It has been associated with rupestrian fields, found in rocky outcrop crevices reported by
Freitas and Silva (2007)
. Diet based mainly on arthropods, no information about the preferred items on the diet of this species is known (
Vrcibradic et al. 2004
). Viviparous, no detailed data on the number of embryos of the species per clutch are known, but it could be similar to other
Aspronema
(Vrcibradic et al. 2011).