Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna

CC Nogueira, AJS Argôlo, V Arzamendia… - South American Journal …, 2019 - BioOne
Accurate and detailed species distribution maps are fundamental for documenting and
interpreting biological diversity. For snakes, an ecologically diverse group of reptiles …

Vicariance and endemism in a Neotropical savanna hotspot: distribution patterns of Cerrado squamate reptiles

C Nogueira, S Ribeiro, GC Costa… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To test predictions of the vicariance model, to define basic biogeographical units for
Cerrado squamates, and to discuss previous biogeographical hypotheses. Location …

The venom composition of the snake tribe Philodryadini:'Omic'techniques reveal intergeneric variability among South American racers

EC Tioyama, JD Bayona-Serrano, JA Portes-Junior… - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
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 …

Length–mass allometry in snakes

A Feldman, S Meiri - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Body size and body shape are tightly related to an animal's physiology, ecology and life
history, and, as such, play a major role in understanding ecological and evolutionary …

Composition and natural history of a Cerrado snake assemblage at Itirapina, São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil

RJ Sawaya, OAV Marques, M Martins - Biota neotropica, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
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 …

Composição e história natural das serpentes de Cerrado de Itirapina, São Paulo, sudeste do Brasil

RJ Sawaya, OAV Marques, M Martins - Biota Neotropica, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Hábitos alimentares de serpentes em Espigão do Oeste, Rondônia, Brasil

PS Bernarde, AS Abe - Biota neotropica, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
O presente estudo teve como objetivo estudar os hábitos alimentares das serpentes em
Espigão do Oeste, Rondônia (Sudoeste da Amazônia), Brasil. As serpentes foram …

[HTML][HTML] Herpetofauna dos remanescentes de Mata Atlântica da região de Tapiraí e Piedade, SP, sudeste do Brasil

TH Condez, RJ Sawaya, M Dixo - Biota neotropica, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
Apresentamos aqui a lista de espécies de anfíbios e répteis registradas nos remanescentes
de Mata Atlântica contínua e fragmentada da região de Tapiraí e Piedade, Planalto Atlântico …

A review of the diet of Oxybelis aeneus group (Squamata: Colubridae) including two new prey records from North-eastern Brazil

FRF da Costa, YFM Pezeta, MA Crozariol… - Herpetology …, 2022 - biotaxa.org
Abstract Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824) was once considered a single species, but it was
recently divided into eight different species, with distinct ranges. Literature reports these …

Shaping up: a geometric morphometric approach to assemblage ecomorphology

LM Bower, KR Piller - Journal of fish biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This study adopts an ecomorphological approach to test the utility of body shape as a
predictor of niche relationships among a stream fish assemblage of the Tickfaw River (Lake …