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 Mastigodryas boddaerti (Sentzen, 1796) (Figs. 12.4 and 25.2) It was recorded only in states of Piauí (Sete Cidades National Park) and Ceará (Ibiapaba-Araripe Plateau). Thus, it was registered in both high ( 775 m elevation) and low ( 60 m elevation) areas in a relatively restricted area of the northwestern portion of the Caatinga, close to the Cerrado contacts. It also occurs in Amazon Forest, Cerrado, and Pantanal ( Martins & Oliveira 1998 ; Marques et al. 2005 ; Nogueira et al . 2010 ). In the Cerrado it is found mainly along gallery forest areas (Nogueira et al. 2011). It was recorded in a highland relictual forest area ( Nascimento & Lima-Verde 1989 ; Loebmann & Haddad 2010 ; Montingelli et al . 2011) inside the Caatinga, and was also found in typical cerrado vegetation in Sete Cidades National Park ( Rocha & Prudente 2010 ). It has terrestrial habits, is diurnal, and feeds on vertebrates ( Marques et al. 2005 ).