Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality. “Indiis” (in error).

Distribution. Known from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela (Plt. 367A). In Brazil, recorded in most ecoregions, except Pantanal and Caatinga (Plt. 367A), from low to high elevations (Plt. 367B). Observed in the field in gallery forest, semideciduous forest, forest and disturbed areas (Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Bernarde and Abe, 2006; FranÇa and Araújo, 2006; Martins et al., 2008b; Costa et al., 2010a).