Brazilian Bush Anole

distribution

Distribution and habitat. Polychrus acutirostris is widespread in a large part of the South America diagonal of open formations, in the Caatinga, Cerrado, Pantanal, and Chaco, with pointed records in the Amazonia and Atlantic Forest, occurring in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina (Fig. 13). In Brazil it is known from the states of Pará, Tocantins, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and in the Distrito Federal. In Amazonia it occurs in open vegetation enclaves in southern Rondônia and Pará, along the Tocantins River, in northern Mato Grosso, in Brazil, and in northern Bolivia. Polychrus acutirostris is arboreal and diurnal, inhabits arboreal savannas, where it is found mainly on branches of trees and bushes (Ávila-Pires 1995; Vitt 1995; Rodrigues 1996; Gainsbury & Colli 2003; Rodrigues 2003).

Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. I. Dactyloidae, Hoplocercidae, Iguanidae, Leiosauridae, Polychrotidae, Tropiduridae

distribution

Distribution. In the Caatinga it is registered in the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceara, Minas Gerais, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe. It is widespread in the Caatinga and occurs along eight ecoregions (Table 1; Appendix S 3). Distributed in low to high elevation areas (34 - 1,085 m a. s. l.), with annual mean temperature 20 to 27 ° C, and average annual rainfall between 412 and 1,532 mm.

Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Caatinga, northeastern Brazil: Detailed and updated overview