Amorim Darciane Maria DE, Silva Lidiane Aparecida Firmino DA, Morais Drausio Honorio, Silva Reinaldo José DA, Ávila Robson Waldemar
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Av. Humberto Monte, Pici, 60455-970, Bloco 902, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Zootaxa. 2017 Mar 23;4247(1):83-88. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.12.
There are currently 760 reptile species known in Brazil, from which about 70 are amphisbaenians with 25 species recorded in the Brazilian northeast (Vanzolini 2002; Gomes & Maciel 2012; Costa & Bérnils, 2014; Roberto et al., 2014). Leposternon polystegum Duméril, is a widespread species distributed in the Amazon, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, and Caatinga biomes (Porto et al., 2000; Ribeiro et al., 2011). The diet is composed mainly by ants, termites, and coleopteran larvae (Barros-Filho & Valverde, 1996; Gomes et al., 2009).
目前已知巴西有760种爬行动物,其中约70种是蚓蜥,巴西东北部记录有25种(万佐利尼,2002年;戈麦斯和马西尔,2012年;科斯塔和贝尼尔,2014年;罗伯托等人,2014年)。多棱鳞蚓蜥是一种分布广泛的物种,分布于亚马逊、大西洋森林、塞拉多和卡廷加生物群落(波尔图等人,2000年;里贝罗等人,2011年)。其食物主要由蚂蚁、白蚁和鞘翅目幼虫组成(巴罗斯-菲利霍和瓦尔韦德,1996年;戈麦斯等人,2009年)。