Placosoma limaverdorum Borges-Nojosa, Caramaschi & Rodrigues, 2016

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Placosoma limaverdorum Borges-Nojosa, Caramaschi & Rodrigues, 2016

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Type locality.

Olho d’Água dos Tangarás farm, Maciço de Baturité, municipality of Pacoti, state of Ceará, Brazil.

Distribution.

Caatinga endemic species. It is recorded only in the state of Ceará. It shows restricted distribution in the Caatinga and occurs along one ecoregion (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (142-839 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 21 to 26°C, and average annual rainfall between 1,089 and 1,628 mm.

Ecological notes.

Fossorial and diurnal ( Borges-Nojosa et al. 2016). Found mainly in areas of brejos nordestinos ( Borges-Nojosa et al. 2016). Most specimens were found in litter from primary and secondary vegetation, or in banana plantations, but it can also be found in tree trunks ( Lima 2005; Borges-Nojosa et al. 2016). Diet based mainly on arthropods, no information about the preferred items on the diet of this species is known ( Marques et al. 2009). Oviparous, no detailed data is known about the number of eggs laid by the species, but it could be similar to other Placosoma species ( Uzzell 1959).

Figures

Figure 15. Map showing the geographic distribution records and extent of occurrence of the lizards in the Caatinga region: Colobosaura modesta, Colobosauroides carvalhoi, Colobosauroides cearensis, Dryadosaura nordestina, Heterodactylus septentrionalis, Leposoma baturitensis, Leposoma scincoides, Micrablepharus maximiliani, Nothobachia ablephara, Placosoma limaverdorum, Procellosaurinus erythrocercus, Procellosaurinus tetradactylus. Red circles represent data occurrence data produced in this study; Black circles represent data from literature. Ecorregions: 1: Brejos; 2: Complexo da Chapada Diamantina; 3: Complexo Ibiapaba - Araripe; 4: Depressao Sertaneja Meridional; 5: Depressao Sertaneja Setentrional; 6: Dunas do Sao Francisco; 7: Planalto da Borborema; 8: Raso Catarina and 9: Sao Francisco / Gurgueia.