Simophis rhinostoma (Schlegel, 1837)

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 : 33

Simophis rhinostoma (Schlegel, 1837) “Falsa-coral”

(Figs. 12.7 and 25.4)

The first and single record of this species in Caatinga is in state of Bahia, municipality of Mucugê, Diamantina Plateau , 1,100 m of altitude, in open, grassy cerrado relicts. It occurs widely along the Cerrado region and Pantanal ( Marques et al. 2005; Nogueira et al. 2010). The presence of this species in the Caatinga is probably associated with savanna enclaves in high altitude, because it is considered an open area species ( Sawaya et al. 2008; Nogueira et al. 2010). The species has terrestrial habits, is diurnal, and feeds on frogs ( Marques et al. 2005; Sawaya et al. 2008).