Calyptommatus confusionibus Rodrigues, Zaher & Curcio, 2001

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

Calyptommatus confusionibus Rodrigues, Zaher & Curcio, 2001

Figs 4.5 and 14

Type locality.

Toca da Cabocla, Serra Grande, Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões, state of Piauí, Brazil.

Distribution.

Caatinga endemic species. It is recorded only in the state of Piauí. It shows restricted distribution in the Caatinga and occurs along two ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to medium elevation areas (259-596 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 25 to 27°C, and average annual rainfall between 702 and 831 mm.

Ecological notes.

Fossorial and nocturnal ( Rodrigues et al. 2001; Rodrigues 2003). It is associated with sandy soil patches along the Caatinga ( Rodrigues et al. 2001). 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 Calyptommatus species ( Rodrigues 1991a).

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).