Hoplocercus spinosus Fitzinger, 1843

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

Hoplocercus spinosus Fitzinger, 1843

Figs 7.2 and 16

Type locality.

America and Brazil.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Bahia and Piauí. It shows restricted distribution in the Caatinga and occurs along two ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in medium to high elevation areas (448-643 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 24 to 25°C, and average annual rainfall between 827 and 1,029 mm.

Ecological notes.

Terrestrial and both diurnal and nocturnal ( Ávila-Pires 1995). Found in arboreal caatinga of the Parque Nacional Serra das Confusões ( Torres-Carvajal et al. 2011). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Blattodea , Coleoptera and Araneae the most representative items ( Ávila-Pires 1995). Oviparous no detailed data is known about the number of eggs laid by the species.

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).