Vanzosaura multiscutata (Amaral, 1933)

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

Vanzosaura multiscutata (Amaral, 1933)

Figs 7.1 and 16

Type locality.

Senhor do Bonfim, state of Bahia, Brazil.

Distribution.

Caatinga endemic species. 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 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (5-1,008 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 20 to 28°C, and average annual rainfall between 374 and 1,400 mm.

Ecological notes.

Fossorial and diurnal (Vanzolini et al. 1980; Vitt 1995). They are found in different vegetation environments, related to litter in different types of soil ( Delfim and Freire 2007; Recoder et al. 2014; Caldas et al. 2016; Freitas et al. 2019). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Araneae , insect larvae, Orthoptera and Hemiptera the most representative items ( Vitt 1995; Mesquita et al. 2006; Recoder et al. 2014). Oviparous, the female usually lays two eggs at a time ( Vitt 1992; Moraes 1993).

Figures

Figure 7. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 7.1 Vanzosaura multiscutata; 7.2 Hoplocercus spinosus; 7.3 Iguana iguana; 7.4 Enyalius bibronii; 7.5 Enyalius catenatus; 7.6 Enyalius erythroceneus; 7.7 Enyalius pictus, and 7.8 Gymnodactylus geckoides. Photograph credits: Daniel Mesquita (7.3, 7.8), Marco A. Freitas (7.5, 7.6, 7.7), Adrian Garda (7.1, 7.2, 7.4).