Ameivula ocellifera (Spix, 1825)

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

Ameivula ocellifera (Spix, 1825)

Figs 10.3 and 18

Type locality.

State of Bahia, Brazil.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along all ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (5-1,196 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 20 to 28°C, and average annual rainfall between 374 and 1,573 mm.

Ecological notes.

Terrestrial and diurnal (Vanzolini et al. 1980). It can be found in all kind of open vegetation landscapes in the Caatinga ( Rocha and Siqueira 2008). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Isoptera , Insect larvae, and Orthoptera the most representative items ( Mesquita and Colli 2003). Oviparous, the female usually lays 1-5 eggs at a time ( Mesquita and Colli 2003; Sales and Freire 2016).

Figures

Figure 10. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 10.1 Ameivula confusioniba; 10.2 Ameivula nigrigula; 10.3 Ameivula ocellifera; 10.4 Ameivula pyrrhogularis; 10.5 Glaucomastix cyanura; 10.6 Glaucomastix venetacauda; 10.7 Kentropyx calcarata, and 10.8 Salvator merianae. Photograph credits: Adrian Garda (10.1, 10.3, 10.6, 10.7), Daniel Mesquita (10.2), Davi Pantoja (10.4), Ricardo Marques (10.5), Fagner Delfim (10.8).