Philodryas argentea (Daudin, 1803)

Type locality. Unknown.

Distribution. Known from Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, in Amazonian forest (Plt. 297A).In Brazil,widespread in Amazonia (Plt. 297A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 297B). Observed in the field in forest (Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Rodrigues et al., 2010; Ávila and Kawashita-Ribeiro, 2011; Bernarde et al., 2011).