Longhead Burrowing Snake
Apostolepis longicaudata Gomes, 1921
Also calledCobra-da-Terra (por) · Cobrinha-da-Terra (por) · Длиннохвостый апостолепис (rus)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 245 A). restricted to the northeastern portion of the Cerrado (Plt. 245 A) at low to intermediate elevations (Plt. 245 B). Previous maps and taxonomy in Curcio et al. (2011). Observed in the field in savanna and grassland on sandy soil and gallery forest (CCN pers. obs.; Curcio et al., 2011).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
materials_examined
Type locality. Village of Engenheiro Dodt, currently Santa Filomena, state of Piauí, Brazil.
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2458352.