Calyptommatus leiolepis Rodrigues, 1991

Uchoa, Lucas Rafael, Delfim, Fagner Ribeiro, Mesquita, Daniel Oliveira, Colli, Guarino Rinaldi, Garda, Adrian Antonio & Guedes, Thais B., 2022, Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Caatinga, northeastern Brazil: Detailed and updated overview, Vertebrate Zoology 72, pp. 599-659 : 599

Calyptommatus leiolepis Rodrigues, 1991

Figs 4.7 and 14

Type locality.

Ibiraba, state of Bahia, Brazil

Distribution.

Caatinga endemic species. It is recorded only in the states of Bahia and Pernambuco. It shows restricted distribution in the Caatinga and occurs along two ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in medium to high elevation areas (315-643 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 23 to 26°C, and average annual rainfall between 528 and 849 mm.

Ecological notes.

Fossorial and nocturnal ( Rodrigues 1991a; Rocha and Rodrigues 2005; Siedchlag et al. 2010). It is associated with sandy soil patches along right and left São Francisco riverbanks in the arboreal and herbaceous vegetation of the Caatinga ( Rodrigues 1991a, 1996b). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being insect larvae, Isoptera and Coleoptera the most representative items ( Rodrigues 1991a; Rocha and Rodrigues 2005). Oviparous, the female usually lays two eggs at a time ( Rodrigues 1991a).

Figures

Figure 4. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 4.1 Acratosaura mentalis; 4.2 Acratosaura spinosa; 4.3 Anotosaura collaris; 4.4 Anotosaura vanzolinia; 4.5 Calyptommatus confusionibus; 4.6 Calyptommatus frontalis; 4.7 Calyptommatus leiolepis; and 4.8 Calyptommatus nicterus. Photograph credits: Marco A. Freitas (4.2, 4.7, 4.8), Miguel T. Rodrigues (4.6), Mauro Teixeira (4.3), Adrian Garda (4.1, 4.4, 4.5).