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Apostolepis arenaria Rodrigues, 1993
Also calledCobra-Rainha (por) · Cobra-de-Ferrão (por) · Cobra-rainha do São Francisco (por) · Falsa-Coral (por)
First described in: Rodrigues M T. Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do Rio Sao Francisco: Bahia: Brasil. 5. Duas novas especies de Apostolepis (Ophidia, Colubridae).
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distribution
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 231 A). Known only from the type locality in the Caatinga (Plt. 231 A) at low elevations of the São Francisco River depression (Plt. 231 B). Observed in the field in xeric scrubland on sandy soil (Rodrigues, 1993).
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Type locality. Village of Alagoado, Casa Nova, left margin of the São Francisco River, state of Bahia, Brazil.
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Apostolepis arenaria Rodrigues 1992
Apostolepis arenaria Rodrigues, 1992 (Figs. 13.4 and 26.3) Caatinga endemic species. This species is recorded only to the type-locality, Alagoado village, municipality of Casa Nova, state of Bahia. This is a lowland locality (ca. 400 m elevation) on the western banks of the São Francisco river channel. It was recorded only in herbaceous and bushy caatinga with dunes and sandy soils (Rodrigues 1992). It has fossorial and psammophylous habits, is diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds on elongated vertebrates (Rodrigues 1992).
Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2458312.