Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna

CC Nogueira, AJS Argôlo, V Arzamendia… - South American Journal …, 2019 - BioOne
Accurate and detailed species distribution maps are fundamental for documenting and
interpreting biological diversity. For snakes, an ecologically diverse group of reptiles …

Climate change will decrease the range size of snake species under negligible protection in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest hotspot

R Lourenço-de-Moraes, FM Lansac-Toha… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Reptiles are highly susceptible to climate change, responding negatively to thermal and
rainfall alterations mainly in relation to their reproductive processes. Based on that, we …

Composição e história natural das serpentes de Cerrado de Itirapina, São Paulo, sudeste do Brasil

RJ Sawaya, OAV Marques, M Martins - Biota Neotropica, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
As taxocenoses de serpentes neotropicais apresentam alta riqueza de espécies e
estruturas complexas. O Cerrado é o segundo maior bioma do Brasil e foi incluído entre os …

Composition and natural history of a Cerrado snake assemblage at Itirapina, São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil

RJ Sawaya, OAV Marques, M Martins - Biota neotropica, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
Neotropical snake assemblages present high species richness and complex structures. The
Cerrado is the second largest biome in Brazil, and was included among the 25 World's …

Natural history of Pseudoboine snakes

MP Gaiarsa, LRV de Alencar, M Martins - Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
Even though natural history information is crucial for answering key ecological, evolutionary,
and conservation questions, basic studies are still lacking for Neotropical snakes. This study …

Are diet preferences associated to skulls shape diversification in xenodontine snakes?

J Klaczko, E Sherratt, EZF Setz - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Snakes are a highly successful group of vertebrates, within great diversity in habitat, diet,
and morphology. The unique adaptations for the snake skull for ingesting large prey in more …

[HTML][HTML] Ecologia e história natural de uma taxocenose de serpentes no Núcleo Santa Virgínia do Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, no sudeste do Brasil

PA Hartmann, MT Hartmann, M Martins - Biota neotropica, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
O objetivo deste estudo foi obter informações sobre a história natural e a ecologia de uma
taxocenose de serpentes na Mata Atlântica do alto da Serra do Mar, no Núcleo Santa …

Os Répteis do Município de São Paulo: diversidade e ecologia da fauna pretérita e atual

OAV Marques, DN Pereira, FE Barbo, VJ Germano… - Biota …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
O Município de São Paulo é uma área bem amostrada em relação à fauna de répteis devido
à coleta intensiva feita pela população local nos últimos 100 anos. Neste trabalho …

[HTML][HTML] Composition and natural history of a snake community from the southern Cerrado, southeastern Brazil

BF Fiorillo, JH Maciel, M Martins - ZooKeys, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The natural history of a cerrado snake community in a protected area in southeastern Brazil
(Santa Bárbara Ecological Station; SBES) is described. A visual guide and an identification …

[HTML][HTML] The herpetofauna of Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões, state of Piauí, Brazil, with a regional species list from an ecotonal area of Cerrado and …

F Dal Vechio, M Teixeira Jr, RS Recoder… - Biota …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
Abstract Different physiognomies at Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões (PNSCo)
were intensively sampled aiming to access the distribution pattern of its herpetofauna. Sixty …