Procellosaurinus erythrocercus Rodrigues, 1991

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

Procellosaurinus erythrocercus Rodrigues, 1991

Figs 6.3 and 15

Type locality.

Ibiraba, state of Bahia, Brazil.

Distribution.

Caatinga endemic species. It is registered in the states of Bahia, Pernambuco, and Piauí. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along four ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (259-643 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 24 to 27°C, and average annual rainfall between 528 and 940 mm.

Ecological notes.

Fossorial and diurnal ( Rodrigues 1991c; Rocha and Rodrigues 2005). It inhabits sand soil patches and dunes, much typical on both sides of the São Francisco River ( Rodrigues 1991c; Delfim et al. 2011). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Araneae , Thysanura , and Orthoptera the most representative items ( Rocha and Rodrigues 2005). Oviparous, no detailed data is known about the number of eggs laid by the species, but it could be similar to other Procellosaurinus species ( Ramiro et al. 2017).

Figures

Figure 6. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 6.1 Micrablepharus maximiliani; 6.2 Nothobachia ablephara; 6.3 Procellosaurinus erythrocercus; 6.4 Procellosaurinus tetradactylus; 6.5 Psilops mucugensis; 6.6 Psilops paeminosus; 6.7 Scriptosaura catimbau, and 6.8 Stenolepis ridleyi. Photograph credits: Mauro Teixeira (6.2, 6.4, 6.6), Marco A. Freitas (6.8), Adrian Garda (6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 6.7).