Seven individuals of Colobosauroides cearensis were found in a Caatinga region in the municipality of Mauriti (7°22’46.08”S; 38°38’47.87”W) state of Ceará. The first example was captured on the 14th of December of 2016 through the pitfall method.
The area in which the specimens were captured is located within the drainage basin of Salgado river, with biome Caatinga prevailing alongside its extension, and the vegetation composed of Deciduous Thorn Woodland and semi-deciduous Tropical Rainforest (IPECE, 2015). Specimens were collected by A.F. Silva-Neta and C.S.L. Matias. The specimens were deposited in the Universidade do Cariri herpetology collection, categorised by numbers (URCA-H 11.454-11.459-11.464-11.467-11468- 11.472-11.476).Asociación Herpetológica Argentin

Matias, Cícera S. L.

Neta, Aldenir F.

Quirino, Tatiana F.

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Colobosauroides cearensis Cunha, Lima-Verde and Lima, 
1991 (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae): new record for the 
Northeast of Brazil
Aldenir Ferreira da Silva Neta1, Tatiana Feitosa Quirino2, Cícera Silvilene Leite Matias3
¹ Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas- PPGCB (Zoologia). 
Via Expressa Padre Zé Jardim Cidade Universitária 58051001 - João Pessoa, PB – Brazil.
² Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioprospecção Molecular.  Cel. 
Antônio Luis, Pimenta Street 1161, CEP 63.105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil.
3 Programa de Pós-graduação em Sistemática, Uso e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Departamento de Ciências 
Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus Universitário Do Pici, CEP 60021970, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Cuad. herpetol. 33 (1): 49-50 (2019)
Locality- Seven individuals of Colobosauroides 
cearensis were found in a Caatinga region in the mu-
nicipality of Mauriti (7°22’46.08”S; 38°38’47.87”W) 
state of Ceará. The first example was captured on the 
14th of December of 2016 through the pitfall method. 
The area in which the specimens were captured is 
located within the drainage basin of Salgado river, 
with biome Caatinga prevailing alongside its exten-
sion, and the vegetation composed of Deciduous 
Thorn Woodland and semi-deciduous Tropical 
Rainforest (IPECE, 2015). Specimens were collected 
by A.F. Silva-Neta and C.S.L. Matias. The speci-
mens were deposited in the Universidade do Cariri 
herpetology collection, categorised by numbers 
(URCA-H 11.454-11.459-11.464-11.467-11468-
11.472-11.476).
Comments- According to Cunha et al. (1991) the 
lizard Colobosauroides cearensis (Fig. 1) is a species 
associated with an enclave of forests, holding records 
involving Baturité massif (Sítio Lorena, Mulungu 
municipality), establishing in peripheral areas of 
Fortaleza city (Sítio Batista Central, Parque Manibu-
na), Ceará (Cunha et al.,1991; Borges-Nojosa and 
Caramaschi, 2003). 
Studies have enlarged its distribution 
towards Piauí, in the Paquetá environmental park 
(03°58.828’S; 042°05.659’W), the municipality of 
Batalha (Silva et al., 2007), characterised by typical 
formations of a transition between Cerrado and 
Caatinga, with the Cerrado field prevailing, with 
simultaneous presence of riparian woodlands along 
with the streams (Silva et al., 2015).
Seven specimens were analysed, four females 
and three males, all the morphologic features and 
the meristic data were utilised for identifying the 
individuals.  The sex identification of each sample 
was performed through a ventral incision in order 
to observe the sex glands (Table 1).
Although the distribution of Colobosauroides 
cearensis is associated with forest (Borges-Nojosa 
and Caramaschi, 2003; Rodrigues, 2003), this study 
relates the occurrence in an area of Caatinga with 
open development abundant in leaf-layers. The 
spreading of the semi-arid regions triggered the wo-
odlands extinction, resulting in the current Caatinga 
landscape and extinguishing the data that would 
reveal its linkage to the native forest (Rodrigues, 
2003). This lizard may have gotten used to a different 
environment from the original, seeking shelter in a 
forest which could provide it with resources for its 
physiological processes (Rodrigues, 2003). There-
fore, the occurrence of these species restricted to 
Caatinga region gives support to the vanish refugee 
theory (Vanzolini and Williams, 1981), however; the 
diversity and the distribution of this lizard remains 
unknown (Rodrigues et al., 2003). 
The current work spreads the distribution of 
Colobosauroides cearensis in the state of Ceará to-
ward to the municipality of Mauriti (7°22’46.08”S; 
38°38’47.87”O) around 356 km to the north in 
relation to the location of type-species in the Sítio 
Figure 1. Live adult, male specimen of Colobosauroides cea-
rensis (URCA 11.464) from Mauriti, Ceará (photo by Herivelto 
Oliveira).
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A. Silva-Neta et al. - New record of Colobosauroides cearensis
Lorena, municipality of Mulungu, state of Ceará. It 
stretches to 534 Km southwest of Paquetá environ-
mental park, Piauí, in relation to the municipality of 
Mauriti, thereby stretching the distribution of this 
species to the Northeastern region inward (Fig. 2).
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the Coordenação de Aper-
feiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CA-
Figure 2. Geographic distribution of Colobosauroides cearensis. 
Black circles represent the previous records (Borges-Nojosa and 
Caramaschi, 2003; Silva et al., 2007; Borges-Leite et al., 2014), 
the blue triangle represents the type-locality (Cunha et al., 1991) 
and the black star shows the new record, Mauriti, Ceará (Map 
by Herivelto Oliveira).
PES) for granting master’s scholarships to Silva-
Neta, A. F. scientific initiation fellowship to CSLM 
(121944/2017-4). To Oliveira, H. F. for his field 
assistance and photography. The Instituto Chico 
Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICM-
Bio) for collecting permits.
Literature cited
Borges-Leite, M.J.; Rodrigues, J.F.M. & Borges-Nojosa, D.M. 
2014. Herpetofauna of a coastal region of northeastern 
Brazil. Herpetology Notes 7: 405-413.
Borges-Nojosa, D.M. & Caramaschi, U. 2003. Composição 
e Análise Comparativa da Diversidade e das Afinidades 
Biogeográficas dos Lagartos e Anfisbenídeos (Squamata) 
dos Brejos Nordestinos: 181-236. In: Leal, I.R.; Tabarelli, M. 
& Silva, JMC. (eds.), Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga. 
Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 
Recife, Brasil. 
Cunha, O.R.; Lima-Verde, J.S. & Lima, A.C.M. 1991. Novo 
Gênero e Espécie de Lagarto do Estado do Ceará (Lacertilia: 
Teiidae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi 7: 2.
Rodrigues, MT. 2003. Herpetofauna da Caatinga: 181-
236. En: Leal, IR; Tabarelli, M & SILVA, JMC. (ed.), 
Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga. Editora Universitária, 
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil.
Silva, M.B.; Carvalho, L.S. & Rodrigues, V. 2015. Reptiles in na 
ecotonal área in northern state of Piauí, Brazil. Boletim do 
Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão 37:4.
Silva, M.B.; Rocha, W.; Rodrigues, V. & Barreto, L. 2007. 
Colobosauroides cearensis. Herpetological Review 38: 351.
Vanzolini, P.E. & Williams, E.E. 1981. The vanishing refuge: a 
mechanism for ecogeographic speciation.  Papeis Avulsos 
de Zoologia 34: 251-255.
R e c i b i d a :  2 3  E n e r o  2 0 1 9
R e v i s a d a :  0 8  M a r z o  2 0 1 9
A c e p t a d a :  1 9  M a r z o  2 0 1 9
Editor Asociado: A. S. Quinteros
doi: 10.31017/CdH.2019.(2019-006)
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URCA SEX SVL TL SL/IL DSB PCP PCPo CPo IL4F FP RGE
11454 F 48.41 22.23 6/7 29 4 0 5 9 0 5
11459 F 41.43 25.55 6/7 30 4 0 5 9 0 5
11472 F 45.00 66.90 6/7 30 4 0 5 9 0 5
11476 F 41.90 59.98 6/7 30 4 0 5 9 0 5
11464 M 47.19 54.25 6/7 31 4 4 5 9 4 5
11467 M 43.99 60.83 6/7 30 4 4 5 9 4 5
11468 M 41.74 68.27 6/7 30 4 4 5 9 4 5
Ref. - - 6/7 30 4 0-F
4-M 5 9 4 5
Table 1. Morphological and meristic characters of the seven individuals of C. cearensis analysed. SVL = snout-vent length (mm), TL 
= tail length (mm), SL/IL = supralabials/infralabials, DSB = number of dorsal scales on the body, PCP = number of pre-cloacal plates, 
PCPo = number of pre-cloacal pores, CPo = number of cloacal pores, IL4F = interdigitalis number of lamellae of 4 finger, FP = femoral 
number of pores, RGE = row number of gular escales. Reference: Cunha et al. (1991).



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Novedad zoogeográfica49Author for correspondence: aldenirferreira_@hotmail.comColobosauroides cearensis Cunha, Lima-Verde and Lima, 1991 (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae): new record for the Northeast of BrazilAldenir Ferreira da Silva Neta1, Tatiana Feitosa Quirino2, Cícera Silvilene Leite Matias3¹ Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas- PPGCB (Zoologia). Via Expressa Padre Zé Jardim Cidade Universitária 58051001 - João Pessoa, PB – Brazil.² Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioprospecção Molecular.  Cel. Antônio Luis, Pimenta Street 1161, CEP 63.105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil.3 Programa de Pós-graduação em Sistemática, Uso e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus Universitário Do Pici, CEP 60021970, Fortaleza, CE, BrazilCuad. herpetol. 33 (1): 49-50 (2019)Locality- Seven individuals of Colobosauroides cearensis were found in a Caatinga region in the mu-nicipality of Mauriti (7°22’46.08”S; 38°38’47.87”W) state of Ceará. The first example was captured on the 14th of December of 2016 through the pitfall method. The area in which the specimens were captured is located within the drainage basin of Salgado river, with biome Caatinga prevailing alongside its exten-sion, and the vegetation composed of Deciduous Thorn Woodland and semi-deciduous Tropical Rainforest (IPECE, 2015). Specimens were collected by A.F. Silva-Neta and C.S.L. Matias. The speci-mens were deposited in the Universidade do Cariri herpetology collection, categorised by numbers (URCA-H 11.454-11.459-11.464-11.467-11468-11.472-11.476).Comments- According to Cunha et al. (1991) the lizard Colobosauroides cearensis (Fig. 1) is a species associated with an enclave of forests, holding records involving Baturité massif (Sítio Lorena, Mulungu municipality), establishing in peripheral areas of Fortaleza city (Sítio Batista Central, Parque Manibu-na), Ceará (Cunha et al.,1991; Borges-Nojosa and Caramaschi, 2003). Studies have enlarged its distribution towards Piauí, in the Paquetá environmental park (03°58.828’S; 042°05.659’W), the municipality of Batalha (Silva et al., 2007), characterised by typical formations of a transition between Cerrado and Caatinga, with the Cerrado field prevailing, with simultaneous presence of riparian woodlands along with the streams (Silva et al., 2015).Seven specimens were analysed, four females and three males, all the morphologic features and the meristic data were utilised for identifying the individuals.  The sex identification of each sample was performed through a ventral incision in order to observe the sex glands (Table 1).Although the distribution of Colobosauroides cearensis is associated with forest (Borges-Nojosa and Caramaschi, 2003; Rodrigues, 2003), this study relates the occurrence in an area of Caatinga with open development abundant in leaf-layers. The spreading of the semi-arid regions triggered the wo-odlands extinction, resulting in the current Caatinga landscape and extinguishing the data that would reveal its linkage to the native forest (Rodrigues, 2003). This lizard may have gotten used to a different environment from the original, seeking shelter in a forest which could provide it with resources for its physiological processes (Rodrigues, 2003). There-fore, the occurrence of these species restricted to Caatinga region gives support to the vanish refugee theory (Vanzolini and Williams, 1981), however; the diversity and the distribution of this lizard remains unknown (Rodrigues et al., 2003). The current work spreads the distribution of Colobosauroides cearensis in the state of Ceará to-ward to the municipality of Mauriti (7°22’46.08”S; 38°38’47.87”O) around 356 km to the north in relation to the location of type-species in the Sítio Figure 1. Live adult, male specimen of Colobosauroides cea-rensis (URCA 11.464) from Mauriti, Ceará (photo by Herivelto Oliveira).50A. Silva-Neta et al. - New record of Colobosauroides cearensisLorena, municipality of Mulungu, state of Ceará. It stretches to 534 Km southwest of Paquetá environ-mental park, Piauí, in relation to the municipality of Mauriti, thereby stretching the distribution of this species to the Northeastern region inward (Fig. 2).AcknowledgementsWe are grateful to the Coordenação de Aper-feiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CA-Figure 2. Geographic distribution of Colobosauroides cearensis. Black circles represent the previous records (Borges-Nojosa and Caramaschi, 2003; Silva et al., 2007; Borges-Leite et al., 2014), the blue triangle represents the type-locality (Cunha et al., 1991) and the black star shows the new record, Mauriti, Ceará (Map by Herivelto Oliveira).PES) for granting master’s scholarships to Silva-Neta, A. F. scientific initiation fellowship to CSLM (121944/2017-4). To Oliveira, H. F. for his field assistance and photography. The Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICM-Bio) for collecting permits.Literature citedBorges-Leite, M.J.; Rodrigues, J.F.M. & Borges-Nojosa, D.M. 2014. Herpetofauna of a coastal region of northeastern Brazil. Herpetology Notes 7: 405-413.Borges-Nojosa, D.M. & Caramaschi, U. 2003. Composição e Análise Comparativa da Diversidade e das Afinidades Biogeográficas dos Lagartos e Anfisbenídeos (Squamata) dos Brejos Nordestinos: 181-236. In: Leal, I.R.; Tabarelli, M. & Silva, JMC. (eds.), Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga. Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil. Cunha, O.R.; Lima-Verde, J.S. & Lima, A.C.M. 1991. Novo Gênero e Espécie de Lagarto do Estado do Ceará (Lacertilia: Teiidae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi 7: 2.Rodrigues, MT. 2003. Herpetofauna da Caatinga: 181-236. En: Leal, IR; Tabarelli, M & SILVA, JMC. (ed.), Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga. Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil.Silva, M.B.; Carvalho, L.S. & Rodrigues, V. 2015. Reptiles in na ecotonal área in northern state of Piauí, Brazil. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão 37:4.Silva, M.B.; Rocha, W.; Rodrigues, V. & Barreto, L. 2007. Colobosauroides cearensis. Herpetological Review 38: 351.Vanzolini, P.E. & Williams, E.E. 1981. The vanishing refuge: a mechanism for ecogeographic speciation.  Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 34: 251-255.R e c i b i d a :  2 3  E n e r o  2 0 1 9R e v i s a d a :  0 8  M a r z o  2 0 1 9A c e p t a d a :  1 9  M a r z o  2 0 1 9Editor Asociado: A. S. Quinterosdoi: 10.31017/CdH.2019.(2019-006)© 2019 por los autores, licencia otorgada a la Asociación Herpetológica Argentina. Este artículo es de acceso abierto y distribuido bajo los términos y condiciones de una licencia Atribución-No Comercial 2.5 Argentina de Creative Commons. Para ver una copia de esta licencia, visite http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ar/URCA SEX SVL TL SL/IL DSB PCP PCPo CPo IL4F FP RGE11454 F 48.41 22.23 6/7 29 4 0 5 9 0 511459 F 41.43 25.55 6/7 30 4 0 5 9 0 511472 F 45.00 66.90 6/7 30 4 0 5 9 0 511476 F 41.90 59.98 6/7 30 4 0 5 9 0 511464 M 47.19 54.25 6/7 31 4 4 5 9 4 511467 M 43.99 60.83 6/7 30 4 4 5 9 4 511468 M 41.74 68.27 6/7 30 4 4 5 9 4 5Ref. - - 6/7 30 4 0-F4-M 5 9 4 5Table 1. Morphological and meristic characters of the seven individuals of C. cearensis analysed. SVL = snout-vent length (mm), TL = tail length (mm), SL/IL = supralabials/infralabials, DSB = number of dorsal scales on the body, PCP = number of pre-cloacal plates, PCPo = number of pre-cloacal pores, CPo = number of cloacal pores, IL4F = interdigitalis number of lamellae of 4 finger, FP = femoral number of pores, RGE = row number of gular escales. Reference: Cunha et al. (1991).

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