Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin, 1803)

Type locality. Río Santo Domingo, Cuzco, Peru .

Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, mostly in Amazonian forest (Plt. 142A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia and Guianan savannas, with marginal records in the Cerrado and Chiquitano Dry Forest (Plt. 142A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 142B). Observed in the field in forest and disturbed areas (Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Martins et al., 2008b).