Bothrops bilineatus (Wied, 1821)

Type locality. Marobá, Nova ViÇosa,state of Bahia, Brazil .

Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, mostly along forested regions (Plt. 55A). In Brazil, it occurs in Amazonia and Atlantic Forest (Plt. 55A) at low to intermediate elevations (Plt. 55B). Previous maps and taxonomy in Campbell and Lamar (2004). Observed in the field in forest, forest clearings, and transition areas between flooded and terra firme forest (Doan and Arriaga, 2002; Campbell and Lamar, 2004).