Thamnodynastes phoenix Franco et al., 2017

Type locality. Petrolina, state of Pernambuco, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 358A). Widespread in the Caatinga, with marginal records in the northeastern portion of the Cerrado (Plt. 358A), mostly at intermediate to high elevations (Plt. 358B). Observed in the field in savanna, grasslands on sandy soils, and gallery forest (Recoder et al., 2011, Dal Vechio et al., 2013; Silveira et al., 2017).