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 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 ).