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 Leposoma scincoides Spix, 1825 Fig. 15 Type locality. Banks of Rio Amazon, Brazil. Distribution. In the Caatinga it is recorded only in the state of Bahia. It shows restricted distribution in the Caatinga and occurs along one ecoregion (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in high elevation areas (822-926 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 20 to 21°C, and average annual rainfall between 806 and 908 mm. Ecological notes. Fossorial and diurnal ( Teixeira and Fonseca 2003 ). It inhabits high altitude areas with forested vegetation inside Caatinga ( Damasceno et al. 2020 ). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Isoptera , Araneae and Collembola the most representative items. Oviparous, the female usually lays two eggs at a time ( Teixeira and Fonseca 2003 ).