Diploglossus lessonae Peracca, 1890

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

Diploglossus lessonae Peracca, 1890

Figs 3.3 and 13

Type locality.

Brazil.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along seven ecoregions (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). It occurs in low to high elevation areas (29-1,004 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 21 to 27°C, and average annual rainfall between 412 and 1,479 mm.

Ecological notes.

Semifossorial and diurnal (Vanzolini et al. 1980). It inhabits arboreal and bush caatinga habits where it is associated with leaf litter, fallen logs and rock crevices (Vanzolini et al. 1980; Vitt 1995; Passos et al. 2011). Diet based mainly on arthropods being Araneae , Blattodea and Coleoptera the most important items ( Vitt 1985; Passos et al. 2011; Caldas et al. 2016). Oviparous, the female usually lays 5-7 eggs at a time ( Vitt 1992).

Figures

Figure 3. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 3.1 Norops brasiliensis; 3.2 Norops fuscoauratus; 3.3 Diploglossus lessonae; 3.4 Ophiodes striatus; 3.5 Hemidactylus agrius; 3.6 Hemidactylus brasilianus; 3.7 Hemidactylus mabouia; and 3.8 Lygodactylus klugei. Photograph credits: Mauro Teixeira (3.1), Marco A. Freitas (3.2), Daniel Mesquita (3.5, 3.7), Adrian Garda (3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 3.8)