Apostolepis longicaudata Gomes, 1921

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Apostolepis longicaudata Gomes in Amaral, 1921

Type locality. Village of Engenheiro Dodt , currently Santa Filomena, state of Piauí, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil ( Plt. 245A ). restricted to the northeastern portion of the Cerrado ( Plt. 245A ) at low to intermediate elevations ( Plt. 245B ). Previous maps and taxonomy in Curcio et al. (2011). Observed in the field in savanna and grassland on sandy soil and gallery forest (CCN pers. obs.; Curcio et al., 2011).

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Plate 245. Distribution map of Apostolepis longicaudata in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.