Drymarchon corais (Boie, 1827)

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 : 29

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Drymarchon corais (Boie, 1827) View in CoL “Papa-ovo, Papa-ova, Papa-pinto”

(Figs. 11.7 and 24.3)

Distributed in all areas of the Caatinga. Most records are in low altitude (sea level to 520 m), with a single record in Diamantina Plateau highlands (up to 1,100 m elevation). It also occurs in Atlantic Forest, Amazon Forest, 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). Recoder et al. (2011) recorded this species to riparian forests in Cerrado. Inside Caatinga, it inhabits all kinds of vegetation, including forested and open areas. There are no records for states of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, and Pernambuco, probably due to sampling gaps. It has semi-arboreal habits, is diurnal, and feeds on vertebrates ( Marques et al. 2001, 2005).

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