Leposoma scincoides 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

Leposoma scincoides Spix, 1825

Fig. 15

Type locality.

Banks of Rio Amazon, Brazil.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is recorded only in the state of Bahia. It shows restricted distribution in the Caatinga and occurs along one ecoregion (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in high elevation areas (822-926 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 20 to 21°C, and average annual rainfall between 806 and 908 mm.

Ecological notes.

Fossorial and diurnal ( Teixeira and Fonseca 2003). It inhabits high altitude areas with forested vegetation inside Caatinga ( Damasceno et al. 2020). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Isoptera , Araneae and Collembola the most representative items. Oviparous, the female usually lays two eggs at a time ( Teixeira and Fonseca 2003).

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.