Hidden among bromeliads in the Brazilian semiarid: first records of Phyllopezus lutzae for the Caatinga domain and its predation by Tropidurus hispidus

Autores/as

  • Alcéster Diego Coelho-Lima
  • Oberdan Coutinho Nunes
  • George Washington Neves Soares
  • Tarcísio Jesus Santana
  • Ericarla Barbosa Santana
  • Alexandre Magno Pais Araújo
  • Elaine Larissa Cardoso Lima
  • Vashtir Ramalho dos Santos Braga
  • Cristiano Eduardo Amaral Silveira-Júnior
  • Arthur de Souza Magalhães
  • Lyse Panelli de Castro Meira
  • Maria José Pereira Fernandes
  • Daniel Cunha Passos

Palabras clave:

Distribution, Predator-prey interaction, Squamata

Resumen

During wildlife rescue and monitoring activities, we recorded 142 individuals of Phyllopezus lutzae in the municipalities of Tucano and Nova Soure, state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. These records are the first of this species in the Caatinga domain. Moreover, an adult individual of Tropidurus hispidus was recorded attempting to subdue an adult P. lutzae. Beyond to expand the known distribution range of the species, our records show that P. lutzae inhabits an ecological and climate domain different from Atlantic Forest where it was previously known, and that it is a potential prey of T. hispidus.

Citas

Ab’Sáber, A.N. 2003. Os domínios da natureza no Brasil: potencialidades paisagísticas. Ateliê Editorial, São Paulo.

Albertim, K.M.; Andrade, E.V.E.; Melo, Í.V.C. & Moura, G.J.B. 2010. Anuros e lagartos associados a bromélias em um fragmento de Mata Atlântica no Estado de Pernambuco, Nordeste brasileiro. Sitientibus Série Ciências Biologicas 10(2-4): 289-298.

Albuquerque, P.R.A.; Morais, M.D.S.R.; Moura, P.T.S.; Santos, W.N.S.; Costa, R.M.T.; Delfim, F.R. & Pontes, B.E.S. 2019. Phyllopezus lutzae (Loveridge, 1941) (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae): new records from the Brazilian state of Paraíba. Check List 15(1): 49-53.

Ávila, R.W.; Anjos, L.A.; Gonçalves, U.; Freire, E.M.X.; Almeida, W.O. & Silva, R.J. 2010. Nematode infection in the lizard Bogertia lutzae (Loveridge, 1941) from the Atlantic Forest in north-eastern Brazil. Journal of Helminthology 84(2): 199-201.

Beltrão-Mendes, R. 2017. Tropidurus hispidus (Neotropical Ground Lizard). Diet and prey capture. Herpetological Review 48: 201-202.

Carvalho, C.M.; Vilar, J.C. & Oliveira, F.F. 2005. Répteis e anfíbios: 39–61. In: Carvalho, C.M. & Vilar, J.C. (eds.), Parque Nacional Serra de Itabaiana — Levantamento Biota. Biologia Geral e Experimental, IBAMA. Aracajú.

Costa, G.M.; Pereira, J.S.; Martins, M.L.L. & Aona, L.Y.S. 2018. Florística em fitofisionomias de restinga na Bahia, Nordeste do Brasil. Revista de Biologia Neotropical/Journal of Neotropical Biology 15(2): 78-95.

Costa, H.C.; Guedes, T.B. & Bérnils, R.S. 2022 “2021”. Lista de répteis do Brasil: padrões e tendências. Herpetologia Brasileira 10(3): 110-279.

Couto-Ferreira, D.; Tinôco, M.S.; Oliveira, M.L.T.D.; Ribeiro, H.C.B.; Fazolato, C.P.; Silva, R.M.D.; Barreto, G.S. & Dias, M.A. 2011. Restinga lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) at the Imbassaí Preserve on the northern coast of Bahia, Brazil. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3(8): 1990-2000.

Dias, E.J. & Rocha, C.F. 2014. Habitat structural effect on Squamata fauna of the restinga ecosystem in northeastern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 86(1): 359-371.

Dubeux, M.J.M.; Gonçalves, U.; Palmeira, C.N.S.; Nunes, P.M.S.; Cassimiro, J.; Gamble, T.; Werneck, F.P.; Rodrigues, M.T. & Mott, T. 2022. Two new species of geckos of the genus Phyllopezus Peters, 1878 (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 5120(3): 345-372.

Dubeux, M.J.M.; Oliveira, P.M.A.; Mello, A.V.A.; Matias, I.T.A. & Santos, W.N.S. 2020. Phyllopezus pollicaris (Rock Gecko). Predation. Herpetological Review 51(2): 334.

Franco, F.L.; Skuk, S.G.O.; Porto, M. & Marques, O.A.V. 1998. Répteis na Estação Veracruz (Porto Seguro, Bahia). Publicação Técnico-Científica No. 3. Veracel Celulose S.A. Eunápolis.

Freitas, M.A. 2014. Squamate reptiles of the Atlantic Forest of northern Bahia, Brazil. Check List 10(5): 1020-1030. Gamble, T.; Colli, G.R.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Werneck, F.P. & Simons, A.M. 2012. Phylogeny and cryptic diversity in geckos (Phyllopezus; Phyllodactylidae; Gekkota) from South America’s open biomes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62(3): 943-953.

Guedes, T.B.; Miranda, F.H.; Menezes, L.; Pichorim, M. & Ribeiro, L.B. 2017. Avian predation attempts by Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825) (Reptilia, Squamata, Tropiduridae). Herpetology Notes 10: 45-47.

Guedes, T.B.; Nogueira, C. & Marques, O.A. 2014. Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3863(1): 1-93.

Jorge, J.S.; Freire, E.M.X. & Caliman, A. 2021a. The rupicolous bromeliad (Encholirium spectabile) as a keystone species for Brazilian semiarid biodiversity. Ecology 102(9): e03357.

Jorge, J.S.; Sales, R.F.; Santos, R.L. & Freire, E.M. 2020. Living among thorns: herpetofaunal community (Anura and Squamata) associated to the rupicolous bromeliad Encholirium spectabile (Pitcairnioideae) in the Brazilian semi-arid Caatinga. Zoologia (Curitiba) 37: e46661.

Jorge, J.S.; Sales, R.F.D.; Silva, V.T.C. & Freire, E.M.X. 2021b. Lizards and bromeliads in the Neotropics: literature review and relevance of this association to conservation. Symbiosis 1-12.

Kolodiuk, M.F.; Ribeiro, L.B. & Freire, E.M.X. 2010. Diet and foraging behavior of two species of Tropidurus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) in the Caatinga of northeastern Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology 5(1): 35-44. Lomolino, M.V. 2004. Conservation biogeography: 293-296. In:

Lomolino, M.V. & Heaney, L.R. (eds.), Frontiers of Biogeography: new directions in the geography of nature. Sinauer Associates Inc. Massachusetts.

Loveridge, A. 1941. Bogertia lutzae – a new genus and species of gecko from Bahia, Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 54: 195-196.

Mesquita, D.O.; Costa, G.C.; Garda, A.A. & Delfim, F.R. 2017. Species composition, biogeography, and conservation of the Caatinga lizards: 151-180. In: Silva, J.M.C.; Leal, I.R. & Tabarelli, M. (eds.), Caatinga: the largest tropical dry forest region in South America. Springer, Cham.

Oliveira, C.N.; Muniz, S.L.S. & Moura, G.J.B. 2016. Reptiles of an urban Atlantic Rainforest fragment in the state of Permambuco, northeastern Brazil. Herpetology Notes 9: 175-183.

Passos, D.C.; Mesquita, P.C.M.D. & Borges-Nojosa, D.M. 2016a. Diversity and seasonal dynamic of a lizard assemblage in a Neotropical semiarid habitat. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 51(1): 19-28.

Passos, D.C.; Monteiro, F.A.C. & Nogueira, C.H.D.O. 2016b. Dangerous neighborhood: saurophagy between syntopic Tropidurus lizards. Biota Neotropica 16(1): e20150062.

Pergentino, H.E.S.; Nicola, P.A.; Pereira, L.C.M.; Novelli, I.A. & Ribeiro, L.B. 2017. A new case of predation on a lizard by Tropidurus hispidus (Squamata, Tropiduridae), including a list of saurophagy events with lizards from this genus as predators in Brazil. Herpetology Notes 10: 225-228.

Protázio, A.S.; Protázio, A.S.; Silva, L.S.; Conceição, L.C.; Braga, H.S.; Santos, U.G.; Ribeiro, A.C.; Almeida, A.C.; Gama, V.; Vieira, M.V.S.A. & Silva, T.A. 2021. Amphibians and reptiles of the Atlantic Forest in Recôncavo Baiano, east Brazil: Cruz das Almas municipality. ZooKeys 1060:125-153.

Queiroz, L.P.D.; Cardoso, D.; Fernandes, M.F. & Moro, M.F. 2017. Diversity and evolution of flowering plants of the Caatinga domain: 23-63. In: Silva, J.M.C.; Leal, I.R. & Tabarelli, M. (eds.), Caatinga: the largest tropical dry forest region in South America. Springer, Cham.

Reis, R.R. 2017. Fauna de Squamata da Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Estação Veracel, Litoral Sul do Estado da Bahia, Brasil. Master’s thesis. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Espírito Santo.

Ribeiro, L.B. & Freire, E.M. 2011. Trophic ecology and foraging behavior of Tropidurus hispidus and Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) in a caatinga area of northeastern Brazil. Iheringia. Série Zoologia 101: 225-232.

Roberto, I.J.; Ávila, R.W.; Melgarejo, A.R.; Studer, A.; Nusbaumer, L. & Spichiger, R. 2015. Répteis (Testudines, Squamata, Crocodylia) da Reserva Biológica de Pedra Talhada: 357-375. In: Studer, A.; Nusbaumer, L. & Spichiger, R. (eds.), Biodiversidade da Reserva Biológica de Pedra Talhada Alagoas, Pernambuco-Brasil. Boissiera: mémoires des Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, (68).

Rocha, C.F.D.; Cogliatti-Carvalho, L.; Almeida, D.R. & Freitas, A.F.N. 2000. Bromeliads: biodiversity amplifiers. Journal of Bromeliad Society 50(2): 81-83.

Rodrigues, M.T. 1987. Sistemática, ecologia e zoogeografia dos Tropidurus do grupo torquatus ao sul do Rio Amazonas (Sauria, Iguanidae). Arquivos de Zoologia 31(3): 105-230.

Sabagh, L.T.; Ferreira, R.B. & Rocha, C.F.D. 2017. Host bromeliads and their associated frog species: further considerations on the importance of species interactions for conservation. Symbiosis 73(3): 201-211.

Sales, R.F.D.; Jorge, J.S.; Ribeiro, L.B. & Freire, E.M.X. 2011. A case of cannibalism in the territorial lizard Tropidurus hispidus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in Northeast Brazil. Herpetological Notes 4: 265-267.

Santos, A.S.; Meneses, A.S.O.; Horta, G.F.; Rodrigues, P.G.A. & Brandão, R.A. 2017. Predation attempt of Tropidurus torquatus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) on Phalotris matogrossensis (Serpentes, Dipsadidae). Herpetology Notes 10: 341-343.

Santos, E.M.D.; Correia, J.M.D.S. & Barbosa, V.D.N. 2017. Guia de Répteis do Parque Estadual de Dois Irmãos. EDUFRPE. Recife.

Schineider, J.A.P. & Teixeira, R.L. 2001. Relacionamento entre anfíbios anuros e bromélias da restinga de Regência, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brasil. Iheringia. Série Zoologia (91): 41-48.

SEI - Superintendência de Estudos Econômicos e Sociais da Bahia. 1999. Balanço hídrico do estado da Bahia. SEI. Salvador.

Silva, J.M.C.; Barbosa, L.C.F.; Leal, I.R. & Tabarelli, M. 2017b. The Caatinga: understanding the challenges: 3-19. In:

Silva, J.M.C.; Leal, I.R. & Tabarelli, M. (eds.), Caatinga: the largest tropical dry forest region in South America. Springer, Cham. Silva, J.M.C.; Leal, I.R. & Tabarelli, M. (eds.). 2017a. Caatinga: the largest tropical dry forest region in South America. Springer.

Silva, U.G.D. 2008. Diversidade de espécies e ecologia da comunidade de lagartos de um fragmento de Mata Atlântica no nordeste do Brasil. Master’s thesis. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Natal.

Soeiro, M. 2013. Notas Sobre a Herpetofauna da Ilha do Monte Cristo, Saubara, Bahia. Undergraduate thesis. Universidade Federal da Bahia. Salvador.

Sousa, J.D.; Lima, J.H.A.; Almeida, M.E.A.; Almeida, J.F. & Kokubum, M.N.C. 2021. Novel behavioral observations of the lizard Tropidurus hispidus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in Northeastern Brazil. Cuadernos de Herpetología 35(2): 305-317.

Teixeira, D.F.F. & Moura, G.J.B. 2013. Bogertia lutzae. Predation by Leptophis ahaetulla. Herpetological Review 44(4): 670.

Thornthwaite, C.W. 1948. An approach toward a rational classification of climate. Geographical review 38: 55-94. Uetz, P.; Freed, P.; Aguilar, R. & Hošek, J. (eds.). 2022. The Reptile Database. Available in: http://www.reptile-database.org. Last access: 13 April 2022.

Vanzolini, P.E. 1972. Miscellaneous notes on the ecology of some Brazilian lizards (Sauria). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 26(8): 83-115.

Vanzolini, P.E. 1974. Ecological and geographical distribution of lizards in Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil (Sauria). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 28: 61-90.

Vanzolini, P.E. 1988. Distribution patterns of south American lizards: 317-343. In: Heyer, W.R. & Vanzolini, P.E. (eds.), Proceedings of a workshop on Neotropical distribution patterns. Academia Brasileira de Ciências. Rio de Janeiro.

Velloso, A.L.; Sampaio, E.V.B. & Pareyn, F.G.C. 2002. Ecorregiões propostas para o bioma Caatinga. Associação Plantas do Nordeste. Instituto de Conservação Ambiental The Nature Conservance do Brasil. Recife.

Virginio, F.; Jorge, J.S.; Maciel, T.T. & Barbosa, B.C. 2017. Attempt to opportunistic consumption of Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 (Rodentia: Muridae) by Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825) (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in an urban area in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoociências 18(3): 207-210.

Vrcibradic, D.; Hatano, F.H.; Rocha, C.F.D. & Sluys, M.V. 2000. Geographic distribution Bogertia lutzae. Herpetological Review 31(2): 112.

Zanchi, D.; Passos, D.C. & Borges-Nojosa, D.M. 2012. Tropidurus hispidus (Calango). Saurophagy. Herpetological Review 43(1): 141.

Descargas

Publicado

24-08-2022

Cómo citar

Coelho-Lima, A. D. ., Coutinho Nunes, O. ., Washington Neves Soares, G. ., Santana, T. J. ., Barbosa Santana, E. ., Pais Araújo, A. M. ., Cardoso Lima, E. L. ., dos Santos Braga, V. R. ., Amaral Silveira-Júnior, C. E. ., de Souza Magalhães, A. ., Panelli de Castro Meira, L. ., Pereira Fernandes, M. J. ., & Cunha Passos, D. . (2022). Hidden among bromeliads in the Brazilian semiarid: first records of Phyllopezus lutzae for the Caatinga domain and its predation by Tropidurus hispidus. Cuadernos De Herpetología, 36(2). Recuperado a partir de https://cuadernosdeherpetologia.com/index.php/CdH/article/view/35

Número

Vol. 36 Núm. 2 (2022): Cuadernos de Herpetología

Sección

Notas

Licencia

Derechos de autor 2022 Cuadernos de Herpetología

Creative Commons License

Esta obra está bajo una licencia internacional Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial 4.0.

Atribución - No Comercial - Sin Obras Derivadas 4.0 Internacional

Usted es libre de:

  1. Compartir — copiar y redistribuir el material en cualquier medio o formato
  2. La licenciante no puede revocar estas libertades en tanto usted siga los términos de la licencia

Bajo los siguientes términos:

  1. Atribución — Usted debe dar crédito de manera adecuada , brindar un enlace a la licencia, e indicar si se han realizado cambios . Puede hacerlo en cualquier forma razonable, pero no de forma tal que sugiera que usted o su uso tienen el apoyo de la licenciante.
  2. No Comercial — Usted no puede hacer uso del material con propósitos comerciales .
  3. Sin Derivadas — Si remezcla, transforma o crea a partir del material, no podrá distribuir el material modificado.
  4. No hay restricciones adicionales — No puede aplicar términos legales ni medidas tecnológicas que restrinjan legalmente a otras a hacer cualquier uso permitido por la licencia.