Atractus ronnie Passos, Fernandes and Borges-Nojosa 2007

Main Authors: Guedes, Thaís B., Nogueira, Cristiano, Marques, Otavio A. V.
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2014
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6125632
Daftar Isi:
  • Atractus ronnie Passos, Fernandes and Borges-Nojosa, 2007 (Figs. 14.2 and 26.4) Caatinga endemic species. Recorded only to Ceará State in Baturité and Ibiapaba-Araripe ranges. These localities are situated in isolated plateaus above 600 m elevation. The available records indicate that it inhabits moist, relictual slope forest in Caatinga (Passos et al. 2007; Loebmann et al. 2009; Passos et al. 2010; Loebmann & Haddad 2010). It has cryptozoic and fossorial habits, is diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds mostly on earthworms (Passos et al. 2010).
  • Published as part of Guedes, Thaís B., Nogueira, Cristiano & Marques, Otavio A. V., 2014, Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 3863 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3863.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/287111