Tropidurus pinima (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

Tropidurus pinima (Rodrigues, 1984)

Figs 12.7 and 20

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 ; 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).

Figures

Figure 12. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 12.1 Tropidurus helenae; 12.2 Tropidurus hispidus; 12.3 Tropidurus jaguaribanus; 12.4 Tropidurus montanus; 12.5 Tropidurus mucujensis; 12.6 Tropidurus oreadicus; 12.7 Tropidurus pinima and 12.8 Tropidurus semitaeniatus. Photograph credits: Daniel Mesquita (12.1, 12.6, 12.8), Adrian Garda (12.2), Daniel Passos (12.3, 12.4, 12.7), Marco A. Freitas (12.5).