Psilops paeminosus (Rodrigues, 1991)

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

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Psilops paeminosus (Rodrigues, 1991) View in CoL

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Type locality.

Santo Inácio, state of Bahia, Brazil.

Distribution.

Caatinga endemic species. It is registered in the states of Bahia, Minas Gerais, and Sergipe. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along five ecoregions (Table 1 View Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (271-916 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 21 to 26°C, and average annual rainfall between 470 and 980 mm.

Ecological notes.

Fossorial and diurnal ( Rodrigues 1991b). Recorded in sandy soil litter, associated with undergrowth, in clusters of vegetation ( Rodrigues 1991b) such as cacti and bromeliads ( Delfim et al. 2006). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Araneae , Blattodea and Hemiptera the most representative items ( Costa 2015). Oviparous, no detailed data is known about the number of eggs laid by the species, but it could be similar to other Gymnophthalmidae ( Mesquita and Colli 2010; Dal Vechio et al. 2014; Ramiro et al. 2017).

References

Costa, TB, 2015. Estrutura das taxocenoses de lagartos nos biomas Caatinga, Cerrado e Amazonia. PhD Thesis, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, Brazil.

Dal Vechio, F, Recoder, R, Zaher, H, Rodrigues, MT, 2014. Natural history of Micrablepharus maximiliani (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in a Cerrado region of northeastern Brazil. Zoologia (Curitiba) 31: 114 - 118, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702014000200002

Delfim, FR, Goncalves, E, Torquato, S, 2006. Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Psilophthalmus paeminosus: distribution extension, new state record. Check List 2: 89 - 92, DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/2.3.89

Mesquita, DO, Colli, GR, 2010. Life history patterns in South American tropical lizards. In: Gallegos, OH, Cruz, FRM, Sanchez, JFM, Eds., Reproduccion en reptiles: morfologia, ecologia y evolucion. Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico: 45 - 71

Ramiro, CN, Teixeira Jr., M, Rodrigues, MT, 2017. Reproductive biology of three sympatric species of gymnophthalmid lizards from the sand dunes of the Middle Sao Francisco River, Bahia, Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology 12: 76 - 88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2994/SAJH-D-16-00044.1

Rodrigues, MT, 1991b. Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do rio Sao Francisco, Bahia, Brasil. 2. Psilophthalmus: um novo genero de Microteiidae sem palpebra (Sauria, Teiidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (Sao Paulo) 37: 321 - 327

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).