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 Oxyrhopus guibei Hoge and Romano, 1978 “Falsa-coral” (Figs. 16.5 and 29.2) We have few records of this species in Bahia State, municipalities of Mucugê and Rio de Contas. These areas are located above 800 m elevation. It is also distributed in Atlantic Forest and Cerrado ( Marques et al. 2001 ; Sawaya et al . 2008 ; Nogueira et al. 2010 ). The records inside the Caatinga are on Diamantina Plateau , with a complex mosaic of vegetation cover that includes phytophysiognomies of caatinga, cerrado, and humid and dry forests. It has terrestrial habits, is nocturnal, and feeds on mammals and lizards ( Marques et al . 2001 ).