Nothobachia ablephara Rodrigues, 1984

Figs 6.2 and 15

Type locality.

São Raimundo Nonato, state of Piauí, Brazil (corrected to Sal, state of Piauí, Brazil, 09°11 'S, 42°03'W).

Distribution.

Caatinga endemic species. It is recorded in the states of Bahia, Pernambuco and Piauí . It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along three ecoregions (Table 1; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (259-643 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 24 to 27°C, and average annual rainfall between 528 and 861 mm.

Ecological notes.

Fossorial and both diurnal and nocturnal (Rodrigues 2003). It can be found in patches of sand soil in the arboreal and herbaceous vegetation in the Caatinga (Rodrigues 1984). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Isoptera, insect larvae and Araneae the most representative items (Rocha and Rodrigues 2005; Santos et al. 2012). Oviparous, the female usually lays two eggs at a time (Ramiro et al. 2017).