Many countries have environmental legislation to protecting natural resources on private
property. In Brazil, the Brazilian Forestry Code determines specific areas to maintain with …

Recent efforts to improve sampling of Brazilian biodiversity have yielded a number of
undescribed species of amphisbaenids. Herein, we describe a new species of small, two …

Estudos com ênfase em levantamentos e quantificação da diversidade biológica das
espécies devem ser reconhecidos como ferramentas importantes no processo de produção …

The present study evaluated the lizard fauna in Serra do Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
a transition area between the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado. Data was collected using pitfall …

Conhecer as percepções e os conhecimentos de uma determinada área, permite uma
melhor compreensão das interações do homem com o ambiente, sendo fundamental na …

As espécies Erythrolamprus maryellenae e Erythrolamprus jaegeri ocorrem em simpatria no
estado de Minas Gerais. Descrita em 1985, E. maryellenae foi diferenciada de E. jaegeri por …

Abstract The Atlantic Forest is pristine forest and it is also one of areas with the highest
biodiversity, it is included in hotspots of the World with high percentage of endemic fauna …

Diagnosis Diagnosis: Distinguished from Epicrates cenchria, E. maurus, and E. alvarezi by
having dorsal ground color light to dark brown in juveniles and adults, number of subcaudal …

Diagnosis Diagnosis: Cercosaura with maximum female SVL 64.9 mm and maximum male
SVL 58.0 mm; snout round; frontonasal single; nasal, loreal and frenocular undivided; loreal …

Diagnosis Diagnosis: Leptodeira annulata can be distinguished from their South American
congeners by the following combination of characters:(1) dorsal scales 17–23/17–23/13 …