Dipsas variegata (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854), Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril, 1854

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

Dipsas variegata (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854) “Dormideira”

(Fig. 27.2)

Recorded only in the state of Alagoas, municipality of Quebrangulo. This is a contact area with the Atlantic Forest, 370 m elevation. It is also recorded in Atlantic and Amazonian forests ( Cunha & Nascimento 1978; Zaher et al. 2011). Quebrangulo region is covered with arboreal and bushy caatinga with strong influence of Atlantic Forest. It probably inhabits forested areas, the typical habitat of its congeners ( Peters 1960). It has arboreal habits, is nocturnal, and feeds on mollusks ( Cunha & Nascimento 1978).