Bothrops moojeni Hoge, 1966

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 : 25

Bothrops moojeni Hoge, 1966 “ Jararaca ”

(Figs. 10.4 and 22.4)

First record in the Caatinga. This species was recorded only in Bahia and Minas Gerais States. It occurs in altitudes of 440 to 630 m elevation, close to the Cerrado region, to which the species is considered endemic (Nogueira et al. 2011). It is the most conspicuous and widespread viperid snake of the Cerrado region ( Melgarejo 2003, Nogueira et al. 2003). It is typical of gallery forests or adjacent riparian habitats in the Cerrado region ( Nogueira et al. 2003). It has terrestrial habits, is nocturnal, and is a generalist feeder on vertebrate prey (Martins et al. 2002; Nogueira et al. 2003).