Apostolepis arenaria Rodrigues, 1993

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Apostolepis arenaria Rodrigues, 1993

Type locality. Village of Alagoado , Casa Nova, left margin of the São Francisco River, state of Bahia, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil ( Plt. 231A ). Known only from the type locality in the Caatinga ( Plt. 231A ) at low elevations of the São Francisco River depression ( Plt. 231B ). Observed in the field in xeric scrubland on sandy soil ( Rodrigues, 1993).

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Plate 231. Distribution map of Apostolepis arenaria in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.