Phyllopezus diamantino Dubeux, Goncalves , Palmeira, Nunes, Cassimiro, Gamble, Werneck, Rodrigues & Mott, 2022
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Phyllopezus diamantino Dubeux, Goncalves , Palmeira, Nunes, Cassimiro, Gamble, Werneck, Rodrigues & Mott, 2022 |
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Phyllopezus diamantino Dubeux, Goncalves, Palmeira, Nunes, Cassimiro, Gamble, Werneck, Rodrigues & Mott, 2022 View in CoL
Figs 8.2 and 17 View Figure 8
Type locality.
Municipality of Mucugê, Serra do Sincorá, 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 View Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in high elevation areas (935-1,010 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 20°C, and average annual rainfall of 996 mm.
Ecological notes.
Terrestrial and nocturnal. The species is known only from the mountains of Serra do Sincorá, occurring in areas of campos rupestres vegetation. Observed specimens on rocky outcrops and in tree and shrub trunks ( Dubeux et al. 2022). Diet based mainly on arthropods, no information about the preferred items on the diet of this species is known ( Albuquerque et al. 2013; Palmeira et al. 2021). Oviparous, no detailed data is known about the number of eggs laid by the species, but it could be similar to other Phyllopezus ( Mesquita and Colli 2010; Lima et al. 2011).
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