Erythrolamprus mossoroensis Hoge and Lima-Verde, 1972

(Figs. 15.1 and 27.3)

Caatinga endemic species. Recorded in a large area of the Caatinga in Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia, and northern Minas Gerais. All records are in low altitude (not exceeding 500 m elevation) and open areas, in herbaceous, bushy, and arboreal caatinga (Vanzolini et al. 1980). It has terrestrial habits, is diurnal, and feeds on frogs (Vanzolini et al. 1980).