Apostolepis quinquelineata Boulenger, 1896

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Apostolepis quinquelineata Boulenger, 1896

Type locality. Demerara, Guyana .

Distribution. Known from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname on the Guiana Shield ( Plt. 252A ). Map and taxonomy follow Curcio et al. (2011). In Brazil, it is found in Amazonia north of the Amazon River ( Plt. 252A ) at low elevations ( Plt. 252B ). Recorded in the field in forests ( Martins and Oliveira, 1998).

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Plate 252. Distribution map of Apostolepis quinquelineata in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.