Siphlophis compressus (Daudin, 1803)

Type locality. Suriname .

Distribution. Known from Bolívia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela (Plt. 339A).In Brazil,widespread in Amazonia, with marginal records in Chiquitano Dry Forest, with a disjunct northern Atlantic Forest population (Plt. 339A). Most records at low elevations (Plt. 339B). Observed in the field in forest (Cunha and Nascimento, 1993; Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Bernarde and Abe, 2006).