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 text Vertebrate Zoology 2022 2022-08-12 72 599 659 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e78828 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e78828 2625-8498-72-599 A1E3C31522684C20AA3C6771D37D4A74 162E581A572D558DA12337F50136919B Nothobachia ablephara Rodrigues, 1984 Figs 6.2 and 15 Type locality. Sao Raimundo Nonato, state of Piaui , Brazil (corrected to Sal, state of Piaui , Brazil, 09°11 'S , 42°03'W ). Distribution. Caatinga endemic species. It is recorded in the states of Bahia, Pernambuco and Piaui . It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along three ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (259-643 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 24 to 27°C, and average annual rainfall between 528 and 861 mm. Ecological notes. Fossorial and both diurnal and nocturnal ( Rodrigues 2003 ). It can be found in patches of sand soil in the arboreal and herbaceous vegetation in the Caatinga ( Rodrigues 1984 ). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Isoptera , insect larvae and Araneae the most representative items ( Rocha and Rodrigues 2005 ; Santos et al. 2012 ). Oviparous, the female usually lays two eggs at a time ( Ramiro et al. 2017 ).