Erythrolamprus miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality. “Indiis” (in error).

Distribution. Known from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela, mainly along open biomes (Plt. 378A). In Brazil, widespread in the Atlantic Forest, with scattered records in all ecoregions, except Pampas Grasslands (Plt. 378A), from low to high elevations (Plt. 378B). Previous map and taxonomy in Dixon (1989). Observed in the field in open and disturbed areas (Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Santos-Jr. and Frota, 2002; Rodrigues, 2003; Oliveira and Silva, 2007; Martins et al., 2008b; São-Pedro and Pires, 2009; Araujo et al., 2010).