Pseudoboa nigra (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854), Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril, 1854

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

Pseudoboa nigra (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854) “Muçurana, cobra-de-leite, cobra-preta”

(Figs. 17.8 and 30.4)

Recorded for all regions of the Caatinga. It occurs from sea level to 900 m elevation. It is also distributed in Atlantic Forest, Cerrado and Pantanal ( Marques et al. 2001, 2005; Nogueira et al. 2010). It was not found in the dunes of São Francisco River. It can be found in areas with bush, arboreal and herbaceous caatinga, cerrado vegetation, and moist relictual forests. It has terrestrial habits, is nocturnal, and feeds on lizards and snakes ( Marques et al. 2005).