Taeniophallus affinis (Günther, 1858), Gunther, 1858

Guedes, Thaís B., Nogueira, Cristiano & Marques, Otavio A. V., 2014, Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 3863 (1), pp. 1-93 : 50

Taeniophallus affinis (Günther, 1858)

(Figs. 19.2 and 31.3)

It occurs in municipalities of Ubajara and Pacatuba (Ceará State), and Elísio Medrado (Bahia State). In Ceará it occurs in highlands of the Ibiapaba-Araripe Plateau and in the Aratanha Range, with altitudes from 735 to 900 m, and in Bahia it occurs in the Jibóia Range, from 600 to 839 m. It is recorded also in the Atlantic Forest ( Marques et al. 2001). It is a typical forest species ( Marques 1998; Marques et al. 2001; Barbo et al. 2011; Zaher et al. 2011) with restricted distribution in Caatinga. It inhabits relictual high altitude moist forests as recorded by Loebmann and Haddad (2010) in Ceará. The species has cryptozoic and terrestrial habits, is diurnal and feeds on frogs ( Marques et al. 2001).