Leposoma baturitensis Rodrigues & Borges, 1997

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

Leposoma baturitensis Rodrigues & Borges, 1997

Figs 5.8 and 15

Type locality.

Sítio Barbosa, municipality of Pacoti, Serra de Baturité, state of Ceará, Brazil.

Distribution.

Caatinga endemic species. It is registered in the states of Alagoas and Ceará. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along four ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (142-839 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 20 to 26°C, and average annual rainfall between 778 and 1,580 mm.

Ecological notes.

Fossorial and diurnal ( Teixeira and Fonseca 2003). It inhabits high altitude areas inside Caatinga, and it can be found in disturbed areas in the spaces between the roots of banana trees ( Borges-Nojosa 2007), and in primary and secondary forests ( Rodrigues and Borges 1997; Roberto and Albano 2012). Diet based mainly on arthropods, no information about the preferred items on the diet of this species is known ( Teixeira and Fonseca 2003). Oviparous, the female usually lays two eggs at a time ( Roberto and Albano 2012).

Figures

Figure 5. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 5.1 Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus; 5.2 Cercosaura olivacea; 5.3 Colobosaura modesta; 5.4 Colobosauroides carvalhoi; 5.5 Colobosauroides cearensis; 5.6 Dryadosaura nordestina; 5.7 Heterodactylus septentrionalis and 5.8 Leposoma baturitensis. Photograph credits: Ricardo Marques (5.1), Mauro Teixeira (5.4), Daniel Mesquita (5.3), Kassio Araujo (5.5), Marco A. Freitas (5.7), Adrian Garda (5.2, 5.6).