Rodriguesophis scriptorcibatus ( Rodrigues, 1993 )

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Rodriguesophis scriptorcibatus ( Rodrigues, 1993)

Type locality. Ibiraba , left margin of the São Francisco River, Barra, state of Bahia, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil ( Plt. 337A ). Known only from three records in Caatinga ( Plt. 337A ), mostly at low elevations long the São Francisco River depression ( Plt. 337B ). Observed in the field in grassland and shrubland on sandy soil ( Rodrigues,1993; Guedes et al., 2014).

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Plate 337. Distribution map of Rodriguesophis scriptorcibatus in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.