Hoplocercus spinosus Fitzinger, 1843

Figs 7.2 and 16

Type locality.

America and Brazil.

Distribution.

In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Bahia and Piauí . It shows restricted distribution in the Caatinga and occurs along two ecoregions (Table 1; Appendix S3). Distributed in medium to high elevation areas (448-643 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 24 to 25°C, and average annual rainfall between 827 and 1,029 mm.

Ecological notes.

Terrestrial and both diurnal and nocturnal ( Ávila-Pires 1995). Found in arboreal caatinga of the Parque Nacional Serra das Confusões (Torres-Carvajal et al. 2011). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Blattodea, Coleoptera and Araneae the most representative items ( Ávila-Pires 1995). Oviparous no detailed data is known about the number of eggs laid by the species.