Nothobachia ablephara Rodrigues, 1984

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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scientific name

Nothobachia ablephara Rodrigues, 1984
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Nothobachia ablephara Rodrigues, 1984 View in CoL

Figs 6.2 and 15 View Figure 6

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 View 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).