Restinga lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) at the Imbassaí Preserve on the northern coast of Bahia, Brazil

Abstract

This study presents the diversity of lizard species at the Imbassaí Preserve, located in the Mata de São João municipality, on the northern coast of Bahia region, Brazil, with special attention to the threatened and endemic species. We present the main results on richness and abundance, from a long term monitoring program and especially from the period between November 2008 and June 2010. We applied the visual search method associated with pitfall traps and random encounters, on a 200m linear transect, in four different vegetation habitats. We detected 26 lizard species, distributed in 19 genera of 10 families. The study reveals a high diversity area for lizards, within the restinga ecosystem along the northern coast line, and therefore contributes to the knowledge of the herpetofauna on the northern coast of the Bahia region, as well as to future management and monitoring programs.

Pleistocene expansion and connectivity of mesic forests inside the South American Dry Diagonal supported by the phylogeography of a small lizard*

“…Isolated populations of C. modesta occur in Restinga habitats from the Atlantic Forest of northern Bahia (Couto‐Ferreira et al. 2011) and in forest enclaves (“brejos de altitude”) of Chapada do Araripe, Crateús, and Planalto do Ibiapaba (Freire et al. 2012) (Fig.…”

Uso do Implante Visível de Elastômero Fluorescente (IVE) para marcação de lagartos Phyllopezus pollicaris (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae)

“…DANIEL et al, 2006;CALSBEEK;IRSCHICK, 2007;COUTO-FERREIRA et al, 2011), ainda há uma carência de estudos mais detalhados a cerca da eficiência desse método de marcação nesses animais.…”

“…Esse estudo teve como objetivo relatar o uso do IVE e sua eficiência na marcação de lagartos P. pollicaris. Vale a pena ressaltar que o método já fora usado para marcação desta espécie (COUTO-FERREIRA et al, 2011). Entretanto, neste estudo, os autores não apresentaram dados específicos sobre a eficiência do método.…”

DISTRIBUTION EXTENSION AND NEW RECORDS FOR Cercosaura olivacea (GRAY, 1845) (SQUAMATA: GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE) IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

“…SAM (scales around midbody), DLR (dorsals in a longitudinal row), DTR (dorsals in a transverse row), LTS (lateral scales), VLR (ventrals in a longitudinal row), VTR (ventrals in a transverse row), FN (frontonasals), FR (frenoculars), LO (loreal), OC (occipitals), SL (supralabials), PSL (post-supralabials), IL (infralabials), PIL (post-infralabials), SO (supraoculars), PRO (preoculars), SBO (suboculars), PO (post-oculars), PS (palpebrals), CI (supraciliaries), ST (supratemporals), TEV (temporals in a vertical row bordering postoculars), CS (pairs of chinshields), GL (gulars in a longitudinal row), PG (paired enlarged gulars in the medial region of the throat), FP (number of femoral pores), SVL (snout-vent length), TL (tail length, only for individuals with intact tail), HL (head length), HW (head width), HD (head depth), LAL (lower arm length), HaL (hand length), LLL (lower leg length), FoL (foot length). Bahia state (Couto-Ferreira et al 2011) and 180 km south of the nearest location in the municipality of Recife, Pernambuco state (Oliveira & Moura 2013), filling an important gap in the knowledge of this enigmatic species of lizard in northeastern Brazil.…”