Notomabuya frenata (Cope, 1862)
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Notomabuya frenata (Cope, 1862)
Figs 9.3 and 18 View Figure 9
Type locality.
Río Paraguay valley, Paraguay.
Distribution.
In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Ceará, Minas Gerais, and Piauí. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along two ecoregions (Table 1 View Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in medium to high elevation areas (475-919 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 21 to 24°C, and average annual rainfall between 813 and 1,090 mm.
Ecological notes.
Terrestrial and diurnal. It is reported to occur in open environments, on rocks and forest edges, and in some urban areas ( Vrcibradic and Rocha 1998a, Cruz et al. 2014). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Isoptera , Orthoptera and Araneae the most representative items ( Vrcibradic and Rocha 1998a), also with a record of cannibalism ( Vrcibradic and Rocha 1996). Viviparous, the female usually with clutch of 2-8 embryos ( Vrcibradic and Rocha 1998b).
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