Phyllopezus pollicaris (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

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Phyllopezus pollicaris (Spix, 1825)
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Phyllopezus pollicaris (Spix, 1825) View in CoL

Figs 8.4 and 17 View Figure 8

Type locality.

Sylvis interioris Bahiae campestribus, according Vanzolini (1968) state of Bahia, Brazil.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along all ecoregions (Table 1 View Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (70-1,450 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 18 to 28°C, and average annual rainfall between 374 and 1,532 mm.

Ecological notes.

Semiarboreal and nocturnal. It is found both in open formations and in forested areas along the Caatinga (Vanzolini et al. 1980; Ávila-Pires 1995). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Coleoptera , Hymenoptera and Araneae the most representative items ( Albuquerque et al. 2013). Oviparous, the female usually lays two eggs at a time ( Vitt 1992; Mesquita and Colli 2010).