Apostolepis freitasi Lema, 2004b

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Current status. Apostolepis cearensis Gomes 1915 . Synonymy after Ferrarezzi et al. (2005).

Holotype. Young male, MNRJ 6523, collected by local people in July 1991 at Tanque do Aragão (11°08'S, 42°06'W [approximate]; 715 m asl [approximate]), Municipality of Central, State of Bahia, Brazil.

Remarks. Holotype (166 mm SVL). Lema & Renner (2007) cited the specimen MNRJ 6525 as the holotype of Apostolepis freitasi, but MNRJ 6525 is the holotype of Tantilla marcovani Lema, 2004a . No tissue samples available.