Micrurus hemprichii (Jan, 1858)

Type locality. Colombia .

Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, mostly throughout Amazonia (Plt. 96A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia (Plt. 96A) at low elevations (Plt. 96B). Previous maps and taxonomy in Roze (1996), Campbell and Lamar (2004), and Silva Jr. et al. (2016). Observed in the field in forest (Cunha and Nascimento, 1993; Dixon and Soini, 1986; Roze, 1996; Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Silva Jr. et al. (2016).