Stenolepis ridleyi Boulenger, 1887

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

Stenolepis ridleyi Boulenger, 1887

Figs 6.8 and 16

Type locality.

Igarassu forest (also referred to as Iguarassu), state of Pernambuco, Brazil.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Ceará, Paraíba, and Pernambuco. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along five ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (128-855 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 21 to 26°C, and average annual rainfall between 532 and 1,467 mm.

Ecological notes.

Fossorial and diurnal. It occurs in isolated forest remnants in the semi-arid Northeast, associated with high-altitude marshes and mountainous areas ( Borges-Nojosa and Caramaschi 2003; Rodrigues et al. 2007; Roberto and Loebmann 2016). Diet based mainly on arthropods, no information about the preferred items on the diet of this species is known. Oviparous, no detailed data is known about the number of eggs laid by the species, but it could be similar to others of the Iphisiini tribe ( Mesquita and Colli 2010; Costa 2015).

Figures

Figure 6. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 6.1 Micrablepharus maximiliani; 6.2 Nothobachia ablephara; 6.3 Procellosaurinus erythrocercus; 6.4 Procellosaurinus tetradactylus; 6.5 Psilops mucugensis; 6.6 Psilops paeminosus; 6.7 Scriptosaura catimbau, and 6.8 Stenolepis ridleyi. Photograph credits: Mauro Teixeira (6.2, 6.4, 6.6), Marco A. Freitas (6.8), Adrian Garda (6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 6.7).