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 Apostolepis aff. pymi (Figs. 13.7 and 26.3) Caatinga endemic species. Recorded only in Ibiapaba Plateau Baturité, and Maranguape ranges, Ceará State. It inhabits upland areas above to 600 m elevation and was found exclusively on moist relictual forests within the Caatinga ( Loebmann & Haddad 2010 ). Species of Apostolepis pymy group are found mostly along Amazonia and central Brazil , often associated to forests. As other congeneric species, the species seems to be fossorial, diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds on elongated vertebrates.