Tropidurus erythrocephalus Rodrigues, 1987

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 erythrocephalus Rodrigues, 1987

Figs 11.7 and 19

Type locality.

Morro do Chapéu, state of Bahia, Brazil.

Distribution.

Caatinga endemic species. It is recorded only in the state of Bahia. It shows restricted distribution in the Caatinga and with annual mean temperature 20 to 28°C along three ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in medium to high elevation areas (399-1,154 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 19 to 26°C, and average annual rainfall between 586 and 810 mm.

Ecological notes.

Terrestrial and diurnal. It occurs in campos rupestres, with a record in Santo Inácio ( Rodrigues 1987; Carvalho 2013). Diet based mainly on arthropods, no information about the preferred items on the diet of this species is known. Oviparous, no detailed data is known about the number of eggs laid by the species, but it could be similar to other Tropidurus ( 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).