Polychrus marmoratus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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Polychrus marmoratus ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Type-locality. Hispania , restricted by Hoogmoed (1973) to the vicinity of Paramaribo, Suriname.

Pertinent taxonomic references. Linnaeus (1758), Daudin (1802a), Merrem (1820), Spix (1825), Wagler (1828b, 1833), Duméril & Bibron (1837), Fitzinger (1843), Gray (1845), Boulenger (1885), Cunha (1961), Hoogmoed (1973), Duellman (1978), Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983), Cunha et al. (1985), Ávila-Pires (1995), Koch et al. (2011).

Distribution and habitat. Polychrus marmoratus is widespread in Amazonia, Atlantic Forest, and in South American Caribbean coast, occurring in Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia ( Fig. 14 ). In Brazil it is known from the states of Maranhão, Tocantins, Pará, Amapá, Amazonas, Roraima, Acre, Rondônia, and Mato Grosso (Amazonian region), Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo (Atlantic Forest). Polychrus marmoratus is arboreal and diurnal, inhabits primary and secondary terra firme forests (most common at the edge of forest), varzea, igapó, and perianthropic areas, where it is found mainly on tree branches, bushes and vines, from near the ground to the canopy ( Hoogmoed 1973; Duellman 1978; Cunha et al. 1985; Ávila- Pires 1995; Molina et al. 2004; Santana et al. 2008; Vitt et al. 2008a).

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FIGURE 14. Distribution of examined material of Polychrus marmoratus.