Serpentes da área urbana de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso: aspectos ecológicos e acidentes ofídicos associados

Abstract

This study presents data on snakes recorded in the urban area of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Sources of information included specimens captured by local residents (1986-1993) and turned over to the Mato Grosso Regional Ophiological Center (Normat), and data from the Anti-Venom Information Center (Ciave), regarding urban snake bites (1988-1993). Thirty-seven species of snakes from 25 genera and three families were recorded. Diurnal and terrestrial habits predominated, as well as a diet based on amphibians and/or lizards. From a total of 307 snake bites recorded, some 56% were of no clinical importance, caused by non-venomous snakes, whereas 44% were clinically relevant. Approximately 99% of the latter were attributed to vipers of the genus Bothrops, and especially the Bothrops moojeni and Bothrops neuwiedi species The colubrids Philodryas olfersii and Waglerophis merremii were probably responsible for most of the non-venomous snake bites.

Accidents caused by Bothrops and Bothropoides in the State of Paraiba: epidemiological and clinical aspects

“…One fact worth mentioning is that bringing the snake to the hospital remains an uncommon practice in the northeast compared to other Brazilian regions. This practice is extremely important for the identification of the agent of the accident and to determine antivenom use 11,[15][16][17][18][19][20] . Male individuals between 11 and 30 years-old are the most frequent victims of bothropic and bothropoidic accidents in Brazil 2,19,21 , corroborating the results of the present study.…”

Composition and ecological patterns of snake assemblages in an Amazon-Cerrado Transition Zone in Brazil

“…The remaining species were all either A. Carvalho, unpublished data). Cerrado: região do Manso (Strüssmann, 2000); Cuiabá (Carvalho & Nogueira, 1998); Itirapina (Sawaya et al, 2008). Atlantic Forest: Juréia (Marques, 1998); Paraná (S. A.…”

“…Species composition was compared with data from snake assemblages of different biomes: Amazon Forest (Martins & Oliveira, 1998;Bernarde & Abe, 2006;Maschio et al, 2009 and M. A. Carvalho, unpublished data); Cerrado (Carvalho & Nogueira, 1998;Strüssmann, 2000;Sawaya et al, 2008); Brazilian Atlantic Forest (O. A. V. Marques, unpublished data; S. A.…”

“…The unique history of each group that makes up a community imposes a series of limitations -morphological, physiological, and behavioral -that influence the ecological role of each lineage (Cadle & Greene, 1993). Over the past few decades, an increasing number of studies of South American snake communities have become available, although data are still scarce for communities of Brazilian Amazon (Martins & Oliveira, 1998;Bernarde & Abe, 2006;Santos-Costa et al 2015), Pantanal (Strüssmann, 2000), Cerrado (Carvalho & Nogueira, 1998;Sawaya et al, 2008), Atlantic Forest (Hartmann et al, 2009), and Pampa (Zanella & Cechin, 2006). Moreover, basic information about feeding ecology, reproductive biology, and habitat use of South American snakes have all been relatively well studied, providing the basis for the identification of certain patterns, such as the reproductive seasonality of species inhabiting temperate zones (Marques & Puorto, 1998;Pizzato et al, 2007), and the lack of seasonality in tropical climates (SantosCosta et al, 2006;Maschio et al, 2007;Prudente et al, 2007;Albarelli & Santos-Costa, 2010;Bernarde & Abe, 2010;Maschio et al 2010, Siqueira et al 2012.…”

Acoustic communication and vocalization microhabitat in Ameerega braccata (Steindachner, 1864) (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from Midwestern Brazil

“…Mean annual precipitation in Chapada dos Guimarães ranges from 1800 to 2000 mm and mean temperature is 22.8 °C in July, and 27.2 °C in October (Pinto and Hay, 2005). In Cuiabá, the climate is semi-humid with mean annual temperature between 24 to 26 °C, mean annual precipitation ranges from 1250 to 1500 mm (Carvalho and Nogueira, 1998).…”