Enyalius catenatus (Wied, 1821)
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Enyalius catenatus (Wied, 1821) |
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Enyalius catenatus (Wied, 1821)
Figs 7.5 and 16 View Figure 7
Type locality.
Cabeça do Boi, Bahia, Brazil (fide Etheridge 1968) [= Jequié, Bahia]; "sertao (= interior) of Bahia" (fide Jackson 1978).
Distribution.
In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Alagoas, Bahia and Pernambuco. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along three ecoregions (Table 1 View Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (96-1,006 m a.s.l.), annual mean temperature 20 to 24°C, and average annual rainfall between 635 and 1,398 mm.
Ecological notes.
Semiarboreal and diurnal ( Rodrigues et al. 2014). It occurs in humid forest enclaves of the Caatinga, with shaded environments and abundant litter ( Arzabe et al. 2005) Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Isoptera , insect larvae and Hymenoptera the most representative items ( Cruz et al. 2018). Oviparous, no detailed data is known about the number of eggs laid by the species, but it could be similar to other Enyalius ( Migliore et al. 2014).
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