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.
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Zootaxa
2014
3863
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3863.1.1
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1175-5326
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Apostolepis
sp.
(Fig. 26.3)
The single two specimens were recorded in Bahia State, municipality of Poções. The area is an isolated highland, with altitude up to
760 m
elevation. We have no information about the specific habitat where this species can be found. We believe that it occurs in sandy soils as other species of the genus.
As
other congeneric species, it seems to be fossorial, diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds on elongated vertebrates.