Glaucomastix cyanura (Arias, Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011)

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

Glaucomastix cyanura (Arias, Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011)

Figs 10.5 and 18

Type locality.

Morro do Chapéu, 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 with annual mean temperature 20 to 28°C along one ecoregion (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in medium to high elevation areas (482-1,006 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 20 to 25°C, and annual average annual rainfall between 707 and 751 mm.

Ecological notes.

Terrestrial and diurnal. Occurring in campos rupestres on white sand soils, observed foraging in the leaf litter and sand near rocky outcrops ( Arias et al. 2011a; Pinto-Silva and Silva-Soares 2018). Diet based mainly on arthropods, no information about the preferred items on the diet of this species is known, but it could be similar to other Glaucomastix ( Cavalcanti et al. in press). Oviparous, no detailed data is known about the number of eggs laid by the species, but it could be similar to other Ameivula ( Mesquita and Colli 2003; Sales and Freire 2016; Xavier et al. 2019).

Figures

Figure 10. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 10.1 Ameivula confusioniba; 10.2 Ameivula nigrigula; 10.3 Ameivula ocellifera; 10.4 Ameivula pyrrhogularis; 10.5 Glaucomastix cyanura; 10.6 Glaucomastix venetacauda; 10.7 Kentropyx calcarata, and 10.8 Salvator merianae. Photograph credits: Adrian Garda (10.1, 10.3, 10.6, 10.7), Daniel Mesquita (10.2), Davi Pantoja (10.4), Ricardo Marques (10.5), Fagner Delfim (10.8).