Tropidurus etheridgei Cei, 1982

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 etheridgei Cei, 1982

Figs 11.8 and 19

Type locality.

Mina Claveros, province of Cordoba, Argentina.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais It is widespread in the Caatinga and with annual mean temperature 20 to 28°C along along two ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in medium to high elevation areas (475-973 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 20 to 24°C, and average annual rainfall between 708 and 935 mm.

Ecological notes.

Terrestrial and diurnal. It occups a general dry habitat including tree trunks and sandy soils ( Cruz et al. 1998; Vitt 1991). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Formicidae , Araneae and also plant material the most representative items. Oviparous, the female usually lays 2-7 eggs at a time ( Vitt 1991; Ávila et al. 2008).

Figures

Figure 11. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 11.1 Tupinambis teguixin; 11.2 Eurolophosaurus amathites; 11.3 Eurolophosaurus divaricatus; 11.4 Stenocercus squarrosus; 11.5 Strobilurus torquatus; 11.6 Tropidurus cocorobensis; 11.7 Tropidurus erythrocephalus, and 11.8 Tropidurus etheridgei. Photograph credits: Daniel Mesquita (11.1, 11.4), Marco A. Freitas (11.2, 11.3, 11.5, 11.7, 11.8), Adrian Garda (11.6).