Erythrolamprus taeniogaster Jan, 1863

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 : 41

Erythrolamprus taeniogaster Jan, 1863

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Recorded in the states of Ceará, Alagoas, and Bahia. It inhabits altitudes above 600 m elevation and low-lying areas next to the Atlantic Forest. It is also known in the Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, and Pantanal ( Marques et al. 2001, Fernandes et al. 2002; Marques et al. 2005; Nogueira et al. 2010). Despite the sparse records, it seems to inhabit moist forested highland areas, plus lower xerophytic arboreal and bushy caatinga where there is influence of the Atlantic Forest climate. It has terrestrial habits, is diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds on frogs ( Marques et al. 2001, Fernandes et al. 2002; Marques et al. 2005).