Leptomicrurus scutiventris (Cope, 1868)

Type locality. Pebas, department of Loreto, Peru .

Distribution. Known from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru in Amazonian forest (Plt. 83A). In Brazil, recorded in northwestern Amazonia, north of the Amazon and west or Rio Negro (Plt. 83A) at low elevations (Plt. 83B). Previous maps and taxonomy in Roze (1996), Campbell and Lamar (2004), and Silva Jr. et al. (2016). Observed in the field in forest (Campbell and Lamar, 2004; Silva Jr. et al., 2016).