Oxyrhopus

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 : 45

Oxyrhopus sp. “Falsa-coral”

(Figs. 16.8 and 29.2)

Recorded only in Ibiapaba-Araripe Plateau, Ceará State. It occurs in highlands, altitude above 600 m elevation, in moist relictual forests ( Loebmann & Haddad 2010; Ribeiro et al. 2012). The species has terrestrial habits, is nocturnal, and feeds on mammals and lizards.