Erythrolamprus almadensis (Wagler, 1824)

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 : 39

Erythrolamprus almadensis (Wagler, 1824)

(Figs. 14.6 and 27.2)

Recorded in Rio Grande do Norte and Pernambuco in the Caatinga-Atlantic Forest contact area, and in the semiarid Caatinga of Bahia. All records are below 500 m elevation. It also occurs in Amazon, Cerrado, Pantanal, and Pampas ( Cunha & Nascimento 1978; Strüssmann & Sazima 1993; Martins & Oliveira 1998; Cechin 1999; Lema 2002a; Colli 2005; Marques et al. 2005; Nogueira et al. 2010). Inside the Cerrado, it occurs in wetlands or near water bodies (CN pers. obs.). Inside Caatinga we have no information on habitat use, and it appears to be rare in Caatinga. It is a typical open area species occurring in xerophytic vegetation and bushy and arboreal Caatinga. It has terrestrial habits, is diurnal, and feeds on frogs ( Marques et al. 2005).