Phyllopezus periosus Rodrigues, 1986

Figs 8.3 and 17

Type locality.

Bravo Farm, municipality of Cabaceiras, state of Paraíba, Brazil.

Distribution.

Caatinga endemic species. It is registered in the states of Alagoas, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along five ecoregions (Table 1; Appendix S3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (54-869 m a.s.l.), with annual mean temperature 21 to 28°C, and average annual rainfall between 412 and 1,475 mm.

Ecological notes.

Saxicolous and nocturnal. It has ambush foraging habits, associated with rock formations, with emphasis on the use of cracks in rocks and bare rock (Vanzolini 1953; Rodrigues 1986a; Vitt 1995; Freire et al. 2000; Passos et al. 2013b). Diet based mainly on arthropods, being Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and Blattodea the most representative items (Palmeira et al. 2021). Oviparous, the female usually lays eight eggs at a time (Lima et al. 2011).