Boa constrictor Linnaeus 1758

Type locality. “Indiis” (in error).

Distribution. Widespread in South America, occurring in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Plt. 38A). In Brazil, recorded in most ecoregions, except Araucaria Forest and Pampas Grasslands (Plt. 38A), from low to high elevations (Plt. 38B). Observed in the field in primary and secondary forest, savanna, grasslands,dry forest,and xeric vegetation (Cunha and Nascimento, 1993; Vanzolini et al., 1980; Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Argôlo, 2004; Rodrigues, 2005; Sawaya et al., 2008; Guedes et al., 2014).