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
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1175-5326
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Trilepida koppesi
(Amaral, 1955)
“Cobra-de-chumbinho”
(Figs. 8.5 and 21.1)
Recorded only in the state of Bahia, district of Cascavel, municipality of Mucugê (
Freitas
et al.
2012a
). The area is situated in a flat upland area, above
1,100 m
elevation, in a section of the
Diamantina Plateau
covered by forested areas along river valleys and cerrado woodlands (locally known as
carrasco
) on drier sites (
Freitas & Silva 2007
;
Freitas
et al.
2012a
). It is widely distributed along the Cerrado (
Recoder & Nogueira 2007
;
Sawaya
et al
. 2008
;
Valdujo
et al
. 2009
;
Nogueira
et al
. 2010
) and Pantanal (
Pinto & Curcio 2011
). It has fossorial habits, is nocturnal and diurnal, and feeds mostly on arthropods (
Sawaya
et al
. 2008
;
Pinto & Curcio 2011
).