Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Type locality. Brazil .

Distribution. Widespread in South America,known from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, and Venezuela (Plt. 304A). In Brazil, recorded in all ecoregions, mainly in the Atlantic Forest, Caatinga and Cerrado, with scattered records in Amazonia (Plt. 304A), at low to high elevations (Plt. 304B). Observed in the field in forest, gallery forest, savanna, and disturbed areas (Sazima and Manzini, 1995; Carvalho and Nogueira, 1998; FranÇa et al., 2008; Sawaya et al., 2008).