Yellow-bellied Liophis

distribution

Distribution. Found in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela, mainly at the South American open diagonal (Plt. 381 A). In Brazil, widespread in the Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Caatinga, Pampas grasslands, and Pantanal, with scattered records in Amazonia and Guianan savannas (Plt. 381 A), from low to high elevations (Plt. 381 B). Previous map and taxonomy in Dixon (1989). Observed in the field in open grassland, gallery forest, dry forest, wetland, and disturbed areas (FranÇa and Araújo, 2006; Martins et al., 2008 b; Sawaya et al., 2008; Loebmann and Haddad, 2010).

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

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Type locality. Barra do Jucu, Vila Velha, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil.

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

Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus (Wied 1825) Wied 1825

Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus (Wied, 1825) “Casco-de-burro” (Figs. 15.2 and 27.4) Occurs in all portions of the Caatinga and is abundant in all phytophysiognomies of the domain. It can be found in low and high altitude areas (up to 1,100 m elevation). It is also widely distributed in the Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, and Pantanal (Marques et al. 2001, 2005; Nogueira et al. 2010). It is widespread in open and forested areas including savanna grasslands and riparian or dry forests (Marques et al. 2001, 2005; Sawaya et al. 2008; Nogueira et al. 2010, 2011). It has semi-aquatic habits, is diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds on frogs (Marques et al. 2001, 2005).

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