Clelia plumbea (Wied, 1820)

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 : 38

Clelia plumbea (Wied, 1820) “Muçurana, cobra-de-leite, cobra-preta”

(Figs. 14.4 and 27.1)

It was recorded in the northern portion of Minas Gerais and eastern Bahia. It occurs only in low-lying areas in Caatinga, up to 230 m elevation. Is is also distributed in Atlantic Forest and Cerrado ( Marques et al. 2001; Argôlo 2004; Nogueira et al. 2010). Inside the Caatinga region, it inhabits contact areas next to the Atlantic Forest (agreste) and the Cerrado domain. It has terrestrial habits, is diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds mostly on vertebrates ( Marques et al. 2001).