Atractus potschi Fernandes, 1995

Guedes, Thaís B., Nogueira, Cristiano & Marques, Otavio A. V., 2014, Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 3863 (1), pp. 1-93 : 38

Atractus potschi Fernandes, 1995

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Recorded to states of Sergipe and Bahia. It has a restricted distribution in the Caatinga, along the contact with the Atlantic Forest and in highland areas of the Diamantina Plateau. It can be found in lowlands or mountain slopes, from sea level to 900 m elevation. It was previously recorded only to the Atlantic Forest ( Passos et al. 2010). It is distributed on forested areas including arboreal and bushy caatinga with Atlantic Forest influence (agreste). It has cryptozoic and fossorial habits, is diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds mostly on earthworms ( Passos et al. 2010).