Military Ground Snake

distribution

Distribution. Known from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela, mainly along open biomes (Plt. 378 A). In Brazil, widespread in the Atlantic Forest, with scattered records in all ecoregions, except Pampas Grasslands (Plt. 378 A), from low to high elevations (Plt. 378 B). 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., 2008 b; São-Pedro and Pires, 2009; Araujo et al., 2010).

Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna

distribution

Distribution and habitat. Northern, northeast, central-west, southeast and southern Brazil (Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande Do Sul, Rondonia, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe) (Wallach et al. 2014). This species occurs in semi-deciduous, dense, and mixed ombrophilous forests, as well as in adjacent open areas, from the Amazon to the Atlantic Forest (Gans 1964).

Composition and natural history of the snakes from the Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio, southern Minas Gerais, Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil

Erythrolamprus miliaris (Linnaeus 1758) Linnaeus 1758

Erythrolamprus miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) “Cobra-d’água” (Figs. 14.8 and 27.3) Recorded in the states of Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, and Bahia. It inhabits low-lying areas (up to 552 m elevation) in the semi-arid and marginal contact areas. It is also recorded in the Atlantic Forest and marginally in the Cerrado (Marques et al. 2001; Nogueira et al. 2010). Few and sparse records inside Caatinga, were frequently associated with water bodies within the typical xerophitic vegetation. It has semi-aquatic habits, is diurnal, and feeds mostly on frogs (Marques et al. 2001).

Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil