Apostolepis arenaria Rodrigues, 1992

(Figs. 13.4 and 26.3)

Caatinga endemic species. This species is recorded only to the type-locality, Alagoado village, municipality of Casa Nova, state of Bahia. This is a lowland locality (ca. 400 m elevation) on the western banks of the São Francisco river channel. It was recorded only in herbaceous and bushy caatinga with dunes and sandy soils (Rodrigues 1992). It has fossorial and psammophylous habits, is diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds on elongated vertebrates (Rodrigues 1992).