Dendrophidion atlantica ( Freire, Caramaschi and Gonçalves, 2010 ), Freire, Caramaschi and Goncalves, 2010

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 : 29

Dendrophidion atlantica ( Freire, Caramaschi and Gonçalves, 2010)

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First record in the Caatinga. It was recorded in Alagoas State on municipalities of São Miguel dos Campos and Quebrangulo, around 370 m elevation. These localities are next to the Atlantic Forest and close to the type-locality (Ibateguara, Alagoas; Freire et al. 2010). It possibly occurs in contact areas between caatinga vegetation and Atlantic Forest, or forested enclaves in marginal areas of the Caatinga. It has terrestrial habits, is diurnal, and mostly feeds on frogs ( Freire et al. 2010).