Composition and ecological patterns of snake assemblages in an Amazon-Cerrado Transition Zone in Brazil
The present study encompasses the species composition and ecological characteristics of the snake community in a Cerrado-Amazon transition zone in Midwest of Brazil (state of Mato Grosso). The data were collected during six excursions to the "Tanguro" (study area) by visual encounter survey, pitfall...
| Autor principal: | PINHEIRO, Leandra de Paula Cardoso |
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| Outros Autores: | ABE, Pedro Santos, BITAR, Youszef Oliveira da Cunha, CASTRO, Luiz Paulo Printes Albarelli de, COSTA, Maria Cristina dos Santos |
| Grau: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | por |
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Universidade Federal do Pará
2017
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http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/8844 |
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The present study encompasses the species composition and ecological characteristics of the snake community in a Cerrado-Amazon transition zone in Midwest of Brazil (state of Mato Grosso). The data were collected during six excursions to the "Tanguro" (study area) by visual encounter survey, pitfall traps with drift fences and non-systematic sampling. We collected 194 specimens, distributed in 34 species, 26 genera, and eight families. The most abundant species were Crotalus durissus Linnaeus, 1758 (n = 50), Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823) (n = 15), Philodryas nattereri Steindachner, 1870 (n = 13), Xenodon rabdocephalus (Wied, 1824) (n = 12), Lachesis muta (Linnaeus, 1766) (n = 10) and Erythrolamprus almadensis (Wagler, 1824) (n = 10). The composition of species found here represents a combination of Cerrado and Amazonian savanna fauna. |