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
659
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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Lygodactylus klugei (Smith, Martin & Swain, 1977)
Figs 3.8 and 13
Type locality.
Carnaubeira, state of Pernambuco, 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 (43-1,105 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 21 to 28°C, and average annual rainfall between 374 and 1,186 mm.
Ecological notes.
Arboreal and diurnal
(Vanzolini et al. 1980
;
Vitt 1995
). It inhabits areas with rock formations, dense shrubby vegetation and open formation, being restricted to arboreal microhabitats (
Vitt 1995
;
Galdino et al. 2011
;
Andrade et al. 2013
). Distributed throughout the Brazilian Caatinga (
Vitt 1995
). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being
Diptera
,
Coleoptera
, and
Araneae
the most representative items (
Vitt 1995
). Oviparous, the female usually lays two eggs at a time (
Vitt 1992
).