Erythrolamprus typhlus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality. “Asia” (in error).

Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, mainly at forested biomes (Plt. 388A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia and the southern portion of the Atlantic Forest, with scattered records in the Cerrado, Pantanal and Chiquitano Dry Forest (Plt. 388A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 388B). Previous map and taxonomy in Dixon (1989). Observed in the field in forest, dry forest, and disturbed areas (Cunha and Nascimento, 1993; Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Marques et al., 2001).