Corallus hortulanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality. “America.”

Distribution. Known from Bolívia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, mostly along forested regions (Plt. 42A). In Brazil, it is widespread in Amazonia and Atlantic Forest, also occurring in the Caatinga, Pantanal, and the northern portion of the Cerrado (Plt. 42A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 42B). Observed in the field in forest, gallery forest, hillside forest, upland forest and dry forest (Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Marques et al., 2001; Dal Vechio et al., 2013; Guedes et al., 2014).