Integrating data collected by citizen scientists with data from traditional surveys improves our knowledge of reptile species distribution and richness. Data contributed by citizen scientist can inform reptile species abundance and rarity patterns in Brazil.
Lucas Rodriguez Forti +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Células Germinativas E Espermatogênese Do Lagarto Tropidurus Torquatus (tropiduridae) De Uma área Urbana No Bioma Cerrado Do Centro-oeste Brasileiro [PDF]
Tropidurus comprises a Neotropical genus of lizard that currently has about 30 species widely distributed in the South American. Among these species, Tropidurus torquatus, which has the characteristic of great physiological plasticity, occupying a ...
Dolder H. +4 more
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Morphometric differences between two sympatric species of anolis (Reptilia: Squamata: Polychrotidae) [PDF]
There has been a recent surge of interest in the study of evolutionary relationships between morphology and microhabitat use in lizards in general.
Tulli, María José
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Reptile species composition in the Middle Gurguéia and comparison with inventories in the eastern Parnaíba River Basin, State of Piauí, Brazil [PDF]
The reptile diversity of the Middle Gurguéia River Basin in southern Piauí, Brazil, is little known. The rapid expansion of agriculture in the region is converting the Cerrado and Caatinga into large farming areas, which threatens biodiversity and ...
Auricchio, Paulo +2 more
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Dietary composition of Oxyrhopus trigeminus in the Brazilian semiarid: new records, a literature review, and an incidental case of plastic ingestion [PDF]
The Caatinga, the largest seasonal dry tropical forest in South America, has been experiencing significant environmental disturbances due to deforestation, agricultural expansion, and increasing energy infrastructure installation.
Sofia de Oliveira Cabral +4 more
doaj +3 more sources
We present data on pulmonary infection rates by parasites in the lizards Tropidurus hispidus Spix, 1825 and T. semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825) living sympatrically in the Chapada do Araripe mountain Range, northeastern Brazil.
WO. Almeida +5 more
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Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga V: Seridó Ecological Station (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil) [PDF]
We provide a list of lizards, snakes, chelonians, and amphibians collected during a 30-day expedition to the Seridó Ecological Station (ESEC Seridó), Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil.
Adrian Antonio Garda +4 more
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Predation on Iguana iguana (Squamata: Iguanidae) by Boa constrictor (Squamata: Boidae) in a fluvial island in the Amazonas river, Brazil, including a list of saurophagy events with Boa constrictor as predator [PDF]
Predation events known as saurophagy occurs when lizards are involved as prey. Whether by cannibalism or saurophagy such events has been well documented in the last years.
Costa-Campos, Carlos Eduardo +3 more
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Squamate Reptiles of the central Chapada Diamantina, with a focus on the municipality of Mucugê, state of Bahia, Brazil [PDF]
We present the first species list of squamate reptiles for the central region of the Chapada Diamantina, with a focus on the municipality of Mucugê, state of Bahia Brazil.
Freitas, Marco +2 more
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Pentastomids can infect the respiratory tract of lizards, causing their death and as a result influencing the population size of hosts. Despite this, studies on rates of pulmonary infection of Brazilian lizards, including those living in Caatinga ...
WO. Almeida +5 more
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