Serpentes de uma área de proteção urbana da Floresta Atlântica nordestina brasileira
The available information on snake taxocenosis in Northeast Brazil is still incipient. To contribute to filling this gap, this study describes the composition of snake species from an Atlantic Forest Protected Area, Dois Irmãos State Park - PEDI, in Pernambuco. Data were collected using the methods:...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Institution: | Universidad Nacional de La Plata |
| Repository: | SEDICI (UNLP) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/107250 |
| Online Access: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/107250 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Ciencias Naturales Ecology Inventory Reptiles Taxocenosis Ecología Inventario Répteis Taxocenose |
| Summary: | The available information on snake taxocenosis in Northeast Brazil is still incipient. To contribute to filling this gap, this study describes the composition of snake species from an Atlantic Forest Protected Area, Dois Irmãos State Park - PEDI, in Pernambuco. Data were collected using the methods: (1) occasional encounters, (2) active search, (3) interception and pitfalls, performed bimonthly for three years. 117 snakes were registered, distributed in five families, 21 genera, 23 species. Xenodon rabdocephalus species had its geographical distribution expanded by 742.2 km from the nearest registered location. The first order Jackknife index estimated a richness of 30 species and the rarefaction curve did not reach asymptote, indicating that there are still species to be found in the study area. The registration of rare and endemic species indicates the good quality of the area, but have highlighted a warning about the warns of the anthropic pressure suffered by PEDI, putting at risk the conservation of its fauna and flora. |
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