Philodryas laticeps Werner, 1900

Type locality. “Santa Catharina, Brasilien,” tentatively located as Ilha de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil, in Zaher et al. (2008b). However, a similarly named village (Santa Catarina, currently in Juramento municipality) is also found in northeastern Minas Gerais, close to confirmed records of this rare snake .

Distribution. Known from few and scattered records in Bolivia and Brazil (Plt. 300A). Apparently two disjunct populations, in Bolivia and southeastern Brazil, including eastern Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo.In Brazil,recorded in the Atlantic Forest (Plt. 300A), mostly at intermediate to high elevations (Plt. 300B). No detailed field data on habitat use are available for this species.