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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3863.1.1
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Rodriguesophis scriptorcibatus
Rodrigues, 1993
(Figs. 18.4 and 31.1)
Caatinga endemic species. Known only from the type-locality Ibiraba village municipality of Barra, in Bahia State, on the left bank of the São Francisco river,
410 m
elevation. It was recorded in an area covered with on herbaceous and bushy caatinga on sandy soils (
Rodrigues 1993
). It has fossorial and psamophylous habits, is diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds on lizards (
Rodrigues 1993
).