Apostolepis nelsonjorgei Lema and Renner, 2004

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Apostolepis nelsonjorgei Lema and Renner, 2004

Type locality. Serra da Mesa hydroelectric power plant, MinaÇu , state of Goiás, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil ( Plt. 247A ). Restricted to the northeastern portion of the Cerrado ( Plt. 247A ) at low to intermediate elevations ( Plt. 247B ). Previous maps and taxonomy in Curcio et al. (2011). Observed in the field in savanna grassland on sandy soil ( Recoder et al., 2011).

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Plate 247. Distribution map of Apostolepis nelsonjorgei in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.