Rodriguesophis iglesiasi (Gomes, 1915)

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 : 48

Rodriguesophis iglesiasi (Gomes, 1915)

(Figs. 18.3 and 31.1)

Recorded in sparse localities in the states of Piauí and Bahia, including the São Francisco River dunes, and Cerrado-Caatinga contact areas. All records are in low altitudes (less than 500 m elevation). It is also recorded in the northeastern portion of the Cerrado region ( Nogueira et al. 2010, 2011), close to the Caatinga, mostly in areas covered by sparse savannas on sandy soils ( Recoder et al. 2011), similar to sandy areas inside the Caatinga. It has fossorial and psammophylous habits, is diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds on lizards ( Rodrigues 1993).