Tropidurus pinima (Rodrigues, 1984)
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Tropidurus pinima (Rodrigues, 1984)
Figs 12.7 and 20 View Figure 12
Type locality.
Santo Inácio, state of Bahia, Brazil.
Distribution.
Caatinga endemic species. It is recorded in the the states of Bahia and Pernambuco. It is widespread in the Caatinga and with annual mean temperature 20 to 28°C along two ecoregions (Table 1 View Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in medium to high elevation areas (404-1,154 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 20 to 26°C, and average annual rainfall between 528 and 842 mm.
Ecological notes.
Terrestrial and diurnal. It is a saxicolous lizard that occurs along open areas in the Caatinga ( Rodrigues 1996b). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Hymenoptera and also Plant material the most representative items ( Xavier and Dias 2017). Oviparous, the female usually lays two eggs at a time ( Xavier and Dias 2017).
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