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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Eurolophosaurus amathites (Rodrigues, 1984)
Figs 11.2 and 19
Type locality.
Santo
Inacio
, state of Bahia, Brazil.
Distribution.
Caatinga endemic species. It is recorded only in the state of Bahia. It shows restricted distribution in the Caatinga and with annual mean temperature 20 to 28°C along two ecoregions (Table
1
; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to medium elevation areas (405-587 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 24 to 26°C, and annual average annual rainfall between 572 and 745 mm.
Ecological notes.
Terrestrial and diurnal. It occurs in the sand dunes of the
Sao
Francisco River. The microhabitat used by this species is the leaf litter under shrubs and vegetation with a height of less than 2 m (
Xavier et al. 2021
). With the human presence, it seeks shelter amidst vegetation (
Rodrigues 1986b
). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being
Hymenoptera
,
Blattodea
, and plant leaves the most representative items. Oviparous, the female usually lays two eggs at a time (
Xavier et al. 2021
).