Epicrates assisi Machado, 1945

Type locality. Campina Grande, state of Paraíba, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 43A). Widespread in the Caatinga, with marginal records in the northeastern portion of the Cerrado and the northeastern Atlantic Forest (Plt. 43A) at low to high elevations (Plt. 43B). Previous maps and taxonomy in Passos and Fernandes (2008). Observed in the field in open areas and forest (Passos and Fernandes, 2008; Loebmann and Haddad, 2010; Freitas et al., 2012).