Corallus hortulanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 23

Corallus hortulanus (Linnaeus, 1758) “Cobra-veadeira”

(Figs. 9.3 and 22.1)

It occurs in states of Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Bahia, and Minas Gerais. It was recorded up to 847 m elevation. We detected many sampling gaps including Pernambuco, Paraíba, and Sergipe States. It occurs also in Atlantic Forest, Amazon, Cerrado, and Pantanal ( Cunha & Nascimento 1978; Strüssmann & Sazima 1993; Martins & Oliveira 1998; Marques et al. 2001; Argôlo 2004; Marques et al. 2005; Sawaya et al. 2008; Nogueira et al. 2010). Although it is an exclusively arboreal species ( Henderson 1997; Marques et al. 2001) it seems to inhabit all phytophisiognomies of the Caatinga. It is nocturnal and diurnal, and feeds on vertebrates ( Marques et al. 2001).