Leptodeira annulata (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 : 44

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3863.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6125675

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scientific name

Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758) “Jararaquinha, dormideira, Jararaca-de-tabuleiro”

(Figs. 16.2 and 28.4)

It was recorded in all portions of the Caatinga. We have no records in Pernambuco State and central portion of Bahia State, perhaps due to sampling gaps. It inhabits low and high altitudes (sea level to 1,100 m elevation). It is widely distributed in Atlantic Forest, Amazon Forest, Cerrado, and Pantanal regions ( Cunha & Nascimento 1978; Martins & Oliveira 1998; Marques et al. 2001; Argôlo 2004; Marques et al. 2005; Nogueira et al. 2010). Recoder et al. (2011) reported the occurrence of this species only in riparian forest inside Cerrado. Inside Caatinga, It can be found on arboreal and bushy vegetation in dry or moist forests and in rocky savanna vegetation known as campo rupestres in the Chapada Diamantina highlands with a strong Cerrado influence, in Bahia State (Juncá 2005). It has semi-arboreal habits, is nocturnal, and feeds on frogs ( Marques et al. 2001; Argôlo 2004; Guedes 2006).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Leptodeira

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