Helicops leopardinus (Schlegel, 1837)

Type locality. Unknown.

Distribution. Widespread in South America, occurring in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Suriname (Plt. 283A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia, Cerrado, Pantanal, and Caatinga, with marginal records in the northern portion of the Atlantic Forest (Plt. 283A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 283B). Observed in the field in rivers, flooded grasslands, and gallery forest, as well as disturbed areas (Strüssmann and Sazima, 1993; Yanosky et al., 1996; Carvalho and Nogueira, 1998; Giraudo and Scrocchi, 2002).