Tropidurus sertanejo Carvalho, Sena, Peloso, Machado, Montesinos, Silva, Campbell & Rodrigues, 2016

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Type locality.

Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Fazenda Pé da Serra, Serra do Arame, municipality of Ibotirama, 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 occur along two ecoregions (Table 1; Appendix S3). Distributed in medium to high elevation areas (480-856 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 21 to 25°C, and average annual rainfall between 819 and 865 mm.

Ecological notes.

Terrestrial and diurnal. It has being observed among rocks on sandy trails covered by dry forests and caatinga vegetation (Carvalho et al. 2016). 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 Tropidurus (Rodrigues 1987).