Apostolepis nelsonjorgei Lema and Renner, 2004

Type locality. Serra da Mesa hydroelectric power plant, MinaÇu, state of Goiás, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 247A). Restricted to the northeastern portion of the Cerrado (Plt. 247A) at low to intermediate elevations (Plt. 247B). Previous maps and taxonomy in Curcio et al. (2011). Observed in the field in savanna grassland on sandy soil (Recoder et al., 2011).