Philodryas aestiva (Duméril et al., 1854)

Type locality. Santa Catarina, Brazil .

Distribution. Known from the southern portion of South America, in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Plt. 295A). In Brazil, widespread in the southern portion of the Atlantic Forest, Pampas Grasslands, Araucaria Forest, and Cerrado, with marginal isolated records in Pantanal and upland areas in the Caatinga (Plt. 295A). Recorded mostly in low areas in the southern part of the range, and in intermediate to high elevation areas near its northern limits (Plt. 295B). Observed in the field in grassland and savanna (Vaz-Silva et al., 2007; Ghizoni-Jr. et al., 2009; Valdujo et al., 2009; Freitas et al., 2012).