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 Hemidactylus brasilianus (Amaral, 1935) Figs 3.6 and 13 Type locality: Rio Pandeiros, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Distribution. In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceara , Paraiba , Pernambuco, Piaui , Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along eight ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). It occurs in low to high elevation areas (34-1,085 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 20 to 27°C, and average annual rainfall between 374 and 1,479 mm. Ecological notes. Terrestrial and nocturnal/crepuscular (Vanzolini et al. 1980 ; Rodrigues 2003 ; Menezes et al. 2013 ). It occurs in open and forested habitats along the Caatinga, where it is commonly associated with areas with rock formations and fallen trunks, dry cactuses, but also observed in bromeliads ( Rocha and Rodrigues 2005 ; Andrade et al. 2013 ; FRD pers. obs.). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Diplopoda , Gryllotalpidae (Mole cricket) and Isoptera are the most representative items ( Mesquita et al. 2006 ; Menezes et al. 2013 ). Oviparous, no detailed data is known about the number of eggs laid by the species, but it could be similar to other Hemidactylus ( Vitt 1992 ; Bezerra et al. 2011 ).