Norops fuscoauratus ( D'Orbigny , 1837 in Dumeril & Bibron, 1837)

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

Norops fuscoauratus ( D'Orbigny, 1837 in Dumeril & Bibron, 1837)

Figs 3.2 and 13

Type locality.

Rio Mamoré, between Loreto and the confluence of Rio Sara, Moxos province, Bolivia.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along five ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). It occurs in low to high elevation areas (128-919 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 21 to 26°C, and average annual rainfall between 566 and 1,580 mm.

Ecological notes.

Arboreal and diurnal ( Ávila-Pires 1995; Vitt et al. 2008). It inhabits forested environments in the Caatinga ( Castro et al. 2019) and prefers more preserved environments with shade ( Vitt et al. 2003). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Orthoptera , Araneae and Hemiptera the most representative items ( Vitt et al. 2003). Oviparous, the female usually lays two eggs at a time (but see Campos 2016 for details).

Figures

Figure 3. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 3.1 Norops brasiliensis; 3.2 Norops fuscoauratus; 3.3 Diploglossus lessonae; 3.4 Ophiodes striatus; 3.5 Hemidactylus agrius; 3.6 Hemidactylus brasilianus; 3.7 Hemidactylus mabouia; and 3.8 Lygodactylus klugei. Photograph credits: Mauro Teixeira (3.1), Marco A. Freitas (3.2), Daniel Mesquita (3.5, 3.7), Adrian Garda (3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8)