Psychosaura macrorhyncha (Hoge, 1946)

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

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scientific name

Psychosaura macrorhyncha (Hoge, 1946)
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Psychosaura macrorhyncha (Hoge, 1946)

Figs 9.5 and 18 View Figure 9

Type locality.

Ilha da Queimada Grande, Brazil.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along five ecoregions (Table 1 View Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (34-1,006 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 20 to 26°C, and average annual rainfall between 483 and 1,479 mm.

Ecological notes.

Terrestrial and diurnal. They in a great variety of habitats, including open and forested areas inside Caatinga; under litter, rocks, shrubs and are generally associated with bromeliads ( Vrcibradic and Rocha 1995; Dias and Lira-da-Silva 1998; Rodrigues 2003). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Araneae , Blattodea and Hymenoptera the most representative items ( Vrcibradic and Rocha 1995; Dias and Lira-da-Silva 1998), also being recorded occasionally preying on frogs ( Vrcibradic and Rocha 1995). Viviparous, the female usually with clutch of 1-6 embryos ( Vrcibradic and Rocha 2011).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Psychosaura