Sibynomorphus mikanii (Schlegel, 1837)

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 : 50

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scientific name	Sibynomorphus mikanii (Schlegel, 1837)
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Sibynomorphus mikanii (Schlegel, 1837) “Dormideira”

(Figs. 18.6 and 31.2)

It was recorded in the states of Ceará, Bahia, and Minas Gerais. Except for two records in contact areas, all other records are above 560 m elevation. It is also widely distributed in the Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, and Pantanal regions ( Marques et al. 2001, 2005; Nogueira et al. 2010). Inside Caatinga, it inhabits open areas either in transitional, next to Atlantic Forest, and on highland areas. It has terrestrial habits, is nocturnal, and feeds on mollusks ( Marques et al. 2001).

References

Marques, O. A. V., Eterovic, A. & Sazima, I. (2001) Serpentes da Mata Atlantica: Guia Ilustrado para a Serra do Mar. Holos Editora, Ribeirao Preto, 184 pp.

Marques, O. A. V., Eterovic, A., Strussmann, C. & Sazima, I. (2005) Serpentes do Pantanal: Guia ilustrado. Holos Editora, Ribeirao Preto, 184 pp.

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.