Erythrolamprus taeniogaster

distribution

Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, and Peru, along major forest biomes (Plt. 386 A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia south of the Amazon River, and in northern Atlantic Forest, forming a disjunct distribution (Plt. 386 A), with scattered records in the Caatinga and the Cerrado (Plt. 386 A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 386 B). Previous map and taxonomy in Fernandes et al. (2002), see also Dixon (1983). Observed in the field in forest, gallery forest, upland forest and open and disturbed areas (Loebmann and Haddad, 2010; FranÇa and Bezerra, 2010; Frota et al., 2005; Luiselli, 2006).

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

Erythrolamprus taeniogaster Jan 1863

Erythrolamprus taeniogaster Jan, 1863 (Fig. 28.1) Recorded in the states of Ceará, Alagoas, and Bahia. It inhabits altitudes above 600 m elevation and low-lying areas next to the Atlantic Forest. It is also known in the Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, and Pantanal (Marques et al. 2001, Fernandes et al. 2002; Marques et al. 2005; Nogueira et al. 2010). Despite the sparse records, it seems to inhabit moist forested highland areas, plus lower xerophytic arboreal and bushy caatinga where there is influence of the Atlantic Forest climate. It has terrestrial habits, is diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds on frogs (Marques et al. 2001, Fernandes et al. 2002; Marques et al. 2005).

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