Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil Author Guedes, Thaís B. Author Nogueira, Cristiano Author Marques, Otavio A. V. text Zootaxa 2014 3863 1 1 93 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3863.1.1 994b97ae-8a03-4726-86f7-ce51e39578a4 1175-5326 287111 A683CABE-4305-47A4-A063-03FDF93182C0 Trilepida brasiliensis (Laurent, 1949) “Cobra-de-chumbinho” (Figs. 8.4 and 21.2) Recorded in the states of Ceará, Paraíba, and Bahia. Widely distributed in central Brazilian highlands, ranging from 500 to 717 m elevation, and also recorded marginally in Caatinga lowlands ( 452 m elevation) in Barreiras, Bahia State. It is considered widely distributed in Cerrado ( Curcio et al. 2002 ; Nogueira et al . 2010 ; Pinto & Curcio 2011 ), associated to savannas over sandy soils ( Vitt et al . 2002 ). It inhabits portions of cerrado in highlands inside Caatinga (Borges-Nojosa et al. 2009). The species has fossorial habits, is nocturnal and diurnal, and feeds mostly on arthropods ( Curcio et al. 2002 ; Pinto & Curcio 2011 ).