Kentropyx calcarata 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

Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825

Figs 10.7 and 19

Type locality.

Rio Itapecuru, state of Maranhão, Brazil.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Bahia, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco and Piauí. It is widespread in the Caatinga and with annual mean temperature 20 to 28°C along five ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to medium elevation areas (80-489 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 23 to 26°C, and average annual rainfall between 500 and 1,327 mm.

Ecological notes.

Terrestrial and diurnal. It can be found in forested and open areas typical of savannas (Gallagher and Dixon 1992; Harvey et al. 2012). It was recorded in a mangrove area in the Delta do Parnaíba in the state of Piauí ( Roberto et al. 2012; Araújo et al. 2020) and in "brejos nordestinos" in the middle of the Caatinga of the Serra de Baturité ( Borges-Nojosa and Caramaschi 2003). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Araneae and Orthoptera the most representative items ( Franzini et al. 2019). Oviparous, the female usually lays 3-11 eggs at a time ( Werneck et al. 2009; Filadelfo et al. 2013).

Figures

Figure 10. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 10.1 Ameivula confusioniba; 10.2 Ameivula nigrigula; 10.3 Ameivula ocellifera; 10.4 Ameivula pyrrhogularis; 10.5 Glaucomastix cyanura; 10.6 Glaucomastix venetacauda; 10.7 Kentropyx calcarata, and 10.8 Salvator merianae. Photograph credits: Adrian Garda (10.1, 10.3, 10.6, 10.7), Daniel Mesquita (10.2), Davi Pantoja (10.4), Ricardo Marques (10.5), Fagner Delfim (10.8).