Copeoglossum arajara ( Reboucas-Spieker , 1981)

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

Copeoglossum arajara ( Reboucas-Spieker , 1981)
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Copeoglossum arajara ( Reboucas-Spieker, 1981)

Figs 9.1 and 17 View Figure 9

Type locality.

Arajara, state of Ceará, Brazil.

Distribution.

Caatinga endemic species. It is registered in the states of Ceará, Pernambuco, and Piauí. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along three ecoregions (Table 1 View Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (23-927 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 21 to 28°C, and average annual rainfall between 523 and 1,413 mm.

Ecological notes.

Terrestrial and diurnal. It is recorded in a narrow transitional area, on the edges of the forest and open areas, in different mesic environments ( Ribeiro et al. 2008; Roberto and Loebmann 2010; Roberto et al. 2010). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Isoptera the most representative item. Viviparous, the female usually with clutch of 2-9 embryos ( Ribeiro et al. 2015).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Copeoglossum