Epictia

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 : 19

Epictia sp. “Cobra-de-chumbinho”

(Fig. 21.1)

Only one specimen was recorded. It was collected in the highlands of the Diamantina Plateau complex Bahia State, 538 m elevation. This area includes all phytophisiognomies of caatinga, cerrado vegetation, and humid forested areas. This region is covered mostly by evergreen vegetation due to numerous headwaters of the Rio Itapicurú drainage. However, no detailed information on habitat use is available for this species. It has fossorial habits, is nocturnal and diurnal, and feeds mostly on arthropods ( Vanzolini 1996b).