Micrurus surinamensis (Cuvier, 1817)

Type locality. Suriname .

Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela in Amazonia (Plt. 113A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia,with marginal records in the northern portion of the Cerrado (Plt. 113A), at low elevations (Plt. 113B). Previous maps and taxonomy in Roze (1996), Campbell and Lamar (2004), and Silva Jr. et al. (2016). Observed in the field in around ponds and streams in forest (Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Bernarde and Abe, 2006; Silva Jr. et al., 2016).