Ecpleopus gaudichaudi Duméril and Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) and Psychosaura agmosticha (Rodrigues, 2000) (Squamata: Scincidae): distribution extension and new records from Atlantic Forest in Bahia state, Brazil

Eduardo Dias; Carlos Rocha

doi:10.15560/9.3.607

Check List 9(3): 607-609, doi: 10.15560/9.3.607

Ecpleopus gaudichaudi Duméril and Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) and Psychosaura agmosticha (Rodrigues, 2000) (Squamata: Scincidae): distribution extension and new records from Atlantic Forest in Bahia state, Brazil

Eduardo José dos Reis Dias^‡, Carlos Frederico Duarte Rocha^§

‡ Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil§ Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Corresponding author: Eduardo Dias ( ejrdias@hotmail.com )

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Citation: Dias E, Rocha C (2013) Ecpleopus gaudichaudi Duméril and Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) and Psychosaura agmosticha (Rodrigues, 2000) (Squamata: Scincidae): distribution extension and new records from Atlantic Forest in Bahia state, Brazil. Check List 9(3): 607-609. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.3.607

Abstract

We present the first record of Ecpleopus gaudichaudi and Psychosaura agmosticha for the state of Bahia, in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Ecpleopus gaudichaudi was found in the southernmost portion of the state, in the Restinga de Nova Viçosa, municipality of Nova Viçosa, whereas Psychosaura agmosticha was found in the northernmost portion of the state in the Restinga de Costa Azul, municipality of Jandaíra. This is the first time these lizard species were recorded in restinga habitats, and the first record of P. agmosticha in the Atlantic Forest domains.

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