Ameivula pyrrhogularis (Silva & Avila-Pires , 2013)

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

Ameivula pyrrhogularis (Silva & Avila-Pires, 2013)

Figs 10.4 and 18

Type locality.

Fazenda Bonito, municipality of Castelo do Piauí, state of Piauí, Brazil.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Bahia, Ceará, Pernambuco, and Piauí. It is widespread in the Caatinga and with annual mean temperature 20 to 28°C along four ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (53-840 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 22 to 27°C, and average annual rainfall between 528 and 1,198 mm.

Ecological notes.

Terrestrial and diurnal. It can be found in a variety of habitats like pasture even in rocky areas, open cerrado, in sandy or rocky soils, around boulders, on forest edges, being also common around human habitation ( Silva and Ávila-Pires 2013). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Isoptera , Coleoptera , and Lepidoptera the most representative items ( Silva et al. 2019). 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).

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).