Anotosaura collaris 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

Anotosaura collaris Amaral, 1933

Figs 4.3 and 14

Type locality.

Villa Nova, municipality of Senhor do Bonfim, 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 occurs along one ecoregion (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in medium to high elevation areas (468-637 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 22 to 24°C, and average annual rainfall between 762 and 901 mm.

Ecological notes.

Fossorial or semifossorial and diurnal ( Rodrigues et al. 2013). It is observed in relatively open habitats, in the Caatinga, under leaf litter or small rocks of forested areas of isolated mountaintops in clayey soils ( Rodrigues et al. 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 Anotosaura species ( Oliveira et al. 2018).

Figures

Figure 4. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 4.1 Acratosaura mentalis; 4.2 Acratosaura spinosa; 4.3 Anotosaura collaris; 4.4 Anotosaura vanzolinia; 4.5 Calyptommatus confusionibus; 4.6 Calyptommatus frontalis; 4.7 Calyptommatus leiolepis; and 4.8 Calyptommatus nicterus. Photograph credits: Marco A. Freitas (4.2, 4.7, 4.8), Miguel T. Rodrigues (4.6), Mauro Teixeira (4.3), Adrian Garda (4.1, 4.4, 4.5).