Atractus poeppigi (Jan, 1862)

Type locality. Brazil .

Distribution. Known from Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, in Amazonian forest (Plt. 174A). In Brazil, restricted to Amazonia (Plt. 174A) at low to intermediate elevations (Plt. 174B). Observed in the field in primary and secondary forest (Dixon et al., 1976, Martins and Oliveira,1993).