Coleodactylus meridionalis ( Boulenger, 1888 )

Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A., 2015, Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. II. Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae, Zootaxa 3981 (1), pp. 1-55 : 10

Coleodactylus meridionalis ( Boulenger, 1888)

Type-locality. Igaraçu, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Pertinent taxonomic references. Boulenger (1888), Parker (1926), Vanzolini (1957, 1968), Geurgas et al. (2008), Gonçalves et al. (2012).

Distribution and habitat. Coleodactylus meridionalis is endemic to Brazil, occurring in the Caatinga, the northern portion of Atlantic Forest, western Cerrado, and in one locality in eastern Amazonia ( Fig. 5 ). In Brazil it is known from the states of Pará, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, and Goiás. Coleodactylus meridionalis is terrestrial and diurnal, inhabits coastal dry forest with sandy soil (Restingas), undisturbed and disturbed mesophytic forest, and arboreal savannas (rare or absent in open fields), where it is usually found among the leaf litter ( Vanzolini 1957; Rodrigues 1996; 2003; Silva et al. 2006; Santana et al. 2008; Couto-Ferreira et al. 2011; Morato et al. 2011; Ribeiro et al. 2012; 2013). In Amazonia Ávila-Pires & Hoogmoed (2000) reported two individuals from a patch of an old secondary forest, in the municipally of Paragominas, state of Pará.

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FIGURE 5. Distribution of examined material of Coleodactylus meridionalis and C. septentrionalis.