Accurate and detailed species distribution maps are fundamental for documenting and
interpreting biological diversity. For snakes, an ecologically diverse group of reptiles …

The Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil, is famous for its luxurious plant and animal life. We
combine a literature review with recent work and show that species diversity is large but that …

The Neotropical pitviper genus Bothrops (lanceheads) occurs from Mexico to Argentina.
Data on feeding habits of 22 species indicate that most are (1) diet generalists, and (2) show …

The present study is a synthesis on snake diversity and distribution in the Caatinga region of
northeastern Brazil, providing an updated species list and data on natural history and …

Our goal is to provide a current list of reptile species of Paraguay, with maps of their known
occurrences. Surprisingly little research has been conducted on the reptile fauna of …

In addition to being a large component of most zoological collections, reptile species are
becoming more popular as family pets. Reptiles have the cognitive ability to be trained to …

Viviparity has evolved at least 115 times in squamates and these multiple origins have
raised a series of functional and evolutionary questions. Ideally, testing evolutionary …

The Neotropical pitviper genus Bothrops comprises about 40 species, which occur in all
main ecosystems of cis-Andean South America. We explored the relationships of body size …

To investigate the role of ecological and historical factors in the organization of communities,
we describe the ecomorphological structure of an assemblage of snakes (61 species in six …

Argentinian snakes have received much attention since the last decades of the nineteenth
century. Contributions from Burmeister (1861), Koslowsky (1898) and Serié (1915, 1921 and …