Espécies descobertas e descritas pela Profª Dra. Eliza Freire e Colaboradores:

Coleodactylus natalensis FREIRE, 1999

Foto: Carolina Lisboa

Chiasmocleis alagoanus Cruz, Caramaschi & FREIRE, 1999

Foto: Ubiratan Gonçalves

Bothrops muciriciensis Ferrarezzi & FREIRE, 2001

Foto: Edelmo Gonçalves

Phyllodytes edelmoi Peixoto, Caramaschi & FREIRE, 2003

Foto: Edelmo Gonçalves

Phyllodytes gyrinaethes Peixoto, Caramaschi & FREIRE, 2003

Foto: Edelmo Gonçalves

Dryadosaura nordestina Rodrigues, FREIRE, Peregrino & Sites Jr., 2005

Foto: Gabriel Skuk

Liotyphlops trefauti FREIRE, Caramaschi & Argôlo, 2007

Foto: Antônio Argôlo

Dendrophidium atlantica FREIRE, Caramaschi & Gonçalves, 2010

Foto: Ubiratan Gonçalves

Coleodactylus natalensis FREIRE, 1999

A short video of an individual of Coleodactylus natalensis, the smallest lizard species of South America (maximum snout-vent length of 2.2 and 2.4 cm in males and females, respectively). The Natal Pigmy Gecko is endemic to Atlantic Forest fragments in Rio Grande do Norte state, coastal northeastern Brazil. Lizards live in the leaf litter of the forest, and feed on small invertebrates, mainly isopods and spiders.