Rodriguesophis iglesiasi (Gomes, 1915)

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 : 48

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scientific name	Rodriguesophis iglesiasi (Gomes, 1915)
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Rodriguesophis iglesiasi (Gomes, 1915) View in CoL

(Figs. 18.3 and 31.1)

Recorded in sparse localities in the states of Piauí and Bahia, including the São Francisco River dunes, and Cerrado-Caatinga contact areas. All records are in low altitudes (less than 500 m elevation). It is also recorded in the northeastern portion of the Cerrado region ( Nogueira et al. 2010, 2011), close to the Caatinga, mostly in areas covered by sparse savannas on sandy soils ( Recoder et al. 2011), similar to sandy areas inside the Caatinga. It has fossorial and psammophylous habits, is diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds on lizards ( Rodrigues 1993).

References

Nogueira, C., Colli, G. R., Costa, G. & Machado, R. B. (2010) Diversidade de repteis Squamata e evolucao do conhecimento faunistico no Cerrado. In: Diniz, I. R., Marinho-Filho, J., Machado, R. B. & Cavalcanti, R. B. (Eds.), Cerrado: conhecimento cientifico quantitativo como subsidio para acoes de conservacao. Editora UNB, Brasilia, pp. 333 - 375.

Recoder, R., Teixeira Junior, M., Camacho, A., Nunes, P. M. S., Mott, T., Valdujo, P. H., Guellere, J. M. & Rodrigues, M. T. (2011) Repteis da Estacao Ecologica Serra Geral do Tocantins, Brasil Central. Biota Neotropica, 11, 263 - 282. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1590 / S 1676 - 06032011000100026

Rodrigues, M. T. (1993) Herpetofauna of paleoquaternary sand dunes of the middle Sao Francisco River: Bahia: Brazil. VI. Two new species of the Phimophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) with notes on the origin of psammophilic adaptations. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 38, 187 - 198.