Spiders have been suspected to be one of the most important groups of natural enemies of
insects worldwide. To document the impact of the global spider community as insect …

The present study is a synthesis on snake diversity and distribution in the Caatinga region of
northeastern Brazil, providing an updated species list and data on natural history and …

Snakes of the Philodryadini tribe are included in the Dipsadidae family, which is a diverse
group of rear-fanged snakes widespread in different ecological conditions, including …

To investigate the role of ecological and historical factors in the organization of communities,
we describe the ecomorphological structure of an assemblage of snakes (61 species in six …

RESUMEN A más de una década de la primera Lista Roja de herpetofauna amenazada
propuesta por la Asociación Herpetológica Argentina (AHA 2000), se recategorizaron las …

Despite the fact that venom is an intrinsically ecological trait, the ecological perspective has
been widely neglected in toxinological research. This neglect has hindered our …

Arachnida represent a hyperdiverse group of terrestrial arthropods. Although arachnids are
mostly predators, they often fall prey to other predators. Here, the diversity of enemies and …

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 …

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 …

In this paper, 319 incidents of snake predation by spiders are reported based on a
comprehensive global literature and social media survey. Snake-catching spiders have …