Strobilurus torquatus Wiegmann, 1834

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

Strobilurus torquatus Wiegmann, 1834

Figs 11.5 and 19

Type locality.

Brazil.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Pernambuco, and Sergipe. It is widespread in the Caatinga and with annual mean temperature 20 to 28°C along five ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to medium elevation areas (83-598 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 22 to 26°C, and average annual rainfall between 566 and 1,398 mm.

Ecological notes.

Arboreal and diurnal. It is considered a forest-dwelling heliophilic lizard, in the Caatinga it is found in isolated enclaves of semi-arid tropical forest, under tree trunks at different levels of the forest ( Borges-Nojosa and Caramaschi 2003; Rodrigues et al. 2013). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Formicidae the most representative item, but also Coleoptera and Hemiptera ( Rodrigues et al. 1989). Oviparous, the female usually lays 1-3 eggs at a time ( Rodrigues et al. 1989; Torres-Carvajal 2007).

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).