Erythrolamprus taeniogaster (Jan, 1863)

Type locality. Brazil .

Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, and Peru, along major forest biomes (Plt. 386A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia south of the Amazon River, and in northern Atlantic Forest, forming a disjunct distribution (Plt. 386A), with scattered records in the Caatinga and the Cerrado (Plt. 386A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 386B). Previous map and taxonomy in Fernandes et al. (2002), see also Dixon (1983). Observed in the field in forest, gallery forest, upland forest and open and disturbed areas (Loebmann and Haddad, 2010; FranÇa and Bezerra, 2010; Frota et al., 2005; Luiselli, 2006).