Procellosaurinus tetradactylus Rodrigues, 1991

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

Procellosaurinus tetradactylus Rodrigues, 1991

Figs 6.4 and 15

Type locality.

Alagoado, 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 occurs along one ecoregion (Table 1 ; Appendix S3). Distributed in medium elevation areas (405-447 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature of 26°C, and average annual rainfall between 572 and 726 mm.

Ecological notes.

Fossorial and diurnal ( Rodrigues 1991c; 1996b, Rocha and Rodrigues 2005). It inhabits patches of sandy soil and dunes on the left bank of the São Francisco River ( Rodrigues 1991c). Diet based mainly on arthropods, no information about the preferred items on the diet of this species is known ( Rocha and Rodrigues 2005). Oviparous, the female usually lays two eggs at a time ( Ramiro et al. 2017).

Figures

Figure 6. Lizards recorded in the Caatinga region. 6.1 Micrablepharus maximiliani; 6.2 Nothobachia ablephara; 6.3 Procellosaurinus erythrocercus; 6.4 Procellosaurinus tetradactylus; 6.5 Psilops mucugensis; 6.6 Psilops paeminosus; 6.7 Scriptosaura catimbau, and 6.8 Stenolepis ridleyi. Photograph credits: Mauro Teixeira (6.2, 6.4, 6.6), Marco A. Freitas (6.8), Adrian Garda (6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 6.7).