Taeniophallus gr. occipitalis

enezes, Frederico de Alcantara, Abegg, Arthur Diesel, Silva, Bruno Rocha da, ranco, Francisco Luis & Feio, Renato Neves, 2018, Composition and natural history of the snakes from the Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio, southern Minas Gerais, Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil, ZooKeys 797, pp. 117-160 : 117

Taeniophallus gr. occipitalis

Natural history notes.

Species of small size (n = 1), diurnal and cryptozoic ( Sawaya et al. 2008). This individual was killed during the day by a domestic cat, near a forested area. There is no information on diet or reproduction for the examined specimen. There are no records of reproduction or altitudinal variation in T. gr. occipitalis . Prior reports are limited on diet, indicating only lizards as prey ( Cechin 1999). No defensive behavior was observed for this species.

Altitudinal variation.

In this study, the maximum record was at 1600 m a.s.l., in the Aiuruoca, MG.

Distribution and habitat.

North, northeast, central-west, southeast and southern Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Piauí, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, São Paulo and Sergipe), Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay ( Wallach et al. 2014, Santos-Jr et al. 2008). Taeniophallus gr. occipitalis occurs in open (cerrados, amazon savannas, plateau fields and pampas) and forested areas (western Amazon Forest and northeastern Atlantic Forest, in Brazil) ( Santos-Jr et al. 2008).