Enyalius erythroceneus Rodrigues, Freitas, Silva & Bertolotto, 2006

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

Enyalius erythroceneus Rodrigues, Freitas, Silva & Bertolotto, 2006

Figs 7.6 and 16

Type locality.

Fazenda Caraíbas, municipality of Mucugê, Serra do Espinhaço (Chapada Diamantina), state of Bahia, Brazil.

Distribution.

Caatinga endemic species. 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 (1,085-1,091 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 20°C, and average annual rainfall between 904 and 917 mm.

Ecological notes.

Semiarboreal and diurnal ( Rodrigues et al. 2006, 2014). It is known from an area of semideciduous forest, locally called the “carrasco”, which is characterized by the abundance of Myrtaceae , and gallery forest along the river valleys ( Rodrigues et al. 2006). Diet based mainly on arthropods, no information about the preferred items on the diet of this species is known ( Cruz et al. 2018). Oviparous, no detailed data is known about the number of eggs laid by the species, but it could be similar to other Enyalius ( Migliore et al. 2014).

Figures

Figure 7. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 7.1 Vanzosaura multiscutata; 7.2 Hoplocercus spinosus; 7.3 Iguana iguana; 7.4 Enyalius bibronii; 7.5 Enyalius catenatus; 7.6 Enyalius erythroceneus; 7.7 Enyalius pictus, and 7.8 Gymnodactylus geckoides. Photograph credits: Daniel Mesquita (7.3, 7.8), Marco A. Freitas (7.5, 7.6, 7.7), Adrian Garda (7.1, 7.2, 7.4).