Herpetofauna of Núcleo Experimental de Iguaba Grande, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

Abstract

The Atlantic Rain forest, which is considered the second largest pluvial forest in the American continent, has had an estimated 93% of its original area destroyed. Although studies concerning the herpetofaunal diversity in this biome have been intensified in the past years, its diversity is still underestimated. The Nucleo Experimental de Iguaba Grande (NEIG) is included in an Environmental Protection Area (APA de Sapeatiba) in the Iguaba Grande municipality, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil (22° 51' S and 42° 10' W). The goal of this study was to conduct an inventory of the reptile and amphibian species that occur in this area between July 2008 and December 2009. We recorded 19 species of amphibians (18 anurans and one caecilian) and 15 species of reptiles (three lizards, 11 snakes and one amphisbaenian). Leptodactylus latrans and L. mystacinus had the highest capture rates among amphibians captured, and among reptiles, Ameiva ameiva, Hemidactylus mabouia and Mabuya agilis had the highest capture rates. Rarefaction curves for both amphibians and reptiles did not reach the asymptote, indicating that the species richness in the NEIG is still underestimated.

Ecological diversity of a snake assemblage from the Atlantic Forest at the south coast of Paraíba, northeast Brazil

“…We found some similarities of composition in this habitat with both Boaconstrictor and Tantillamelanocephala that also commonly are found in southeastern Restingas (Dias and Rocha 2014, Martins et al 2012), and aquatic snakes found both in fresh and salty water. The Cascabel Rattlesnake Crotalusdurissus is also found in other Restingas (Marques et al, 2016).…”

Composition and natural history of the snakes from the Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio, southern Minas Gerais, Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil

“…Areas used for the analysis of similarity between snake assemblages.The following snake assemblages were included in the analyzes: São Paulo State: 1 Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (Araújo et al 2010) 2 Ilha da Cananéia (Cicchi et al 2007) 3 Parque Estadual Ilha do Cardoso (Rocha et al 2008) 4 Fazenda Etá (Fiorillo 2016) 5 Ilha Comprida (Cicchi et al 2007) 6 Estação Ecológica Juréia-Itatins (Marques and Sazima 2004) 7 Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho (Forlani et al 2010) 8 Municipalities of Tapiraí and Piedade (Condez et al 2009) 9 São Sebastião (Centeno et al 2008) 10 Ilhabela (Centeno et al 2008) 11 Parque Municipal de Paranapiacaba (Trevine et al 2014) 12 São Paulo (Barbo et al 2011) 13 Parque Estadual da Serra do Japi (Sazima and Haddad 1992) 14 São Vicente Island (Cicchi et al 2007) 15 Santo Amaro Island (Cicchi et al 2007) 16 Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar (Núcleo Santa Virgínia) (Hartmann et al 2009a) 17 Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar (Núcleo Picinguaba) (Hartmann et al 2009b) 18 São José do Barreiro (Ortiz et al 2017); Rio de Janeiro State 19 Ilha Grande (Rocha and Van-Sluys 2006) 20 Parque Natural Municipal da Serra do Mendanha (Pontes et al 2009) 21 Duque de Caxias (Salles and Silva-Soares 2010) 22 Niterói (Citeli et al 2016) 23 Estação Ecológica do Paraíso (Vrcibradic et al 2011) 24 Núcleo Experimental de Iguaba Grande (Martins et al 2012) Minas Gerais State 25 Munhoz (Cardoso 2011) 26 Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio (This study) 27 Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro (Moura et al 2012) 28 Viçosa (Costa et al 2010) 29 Ouro Branco (São-Pedro and Pires 2009) 30 Ouro Preto and surroundings (Silveira et al 2010) 31 Estação Ambiental de Peti (Bertoluci et al 2009). …”

“…Specimens considered as Chironiusflavolineatus (Jan, 1863) by Condez et al (2009), São Pedro and Pires (2009), Forlani et al (2010) and Silveira et al (2010) were described as Chironiusbrazili Hamdan & Fernandes, 2015 (Hamdan and Fernandes 2015). The specimen considered Micrurusibiboboca (Merrem, 1820) by Martins et al (2012) corresponds to a new species which is being described (Francisco Luís Franco, unpubl. data).…”

The amphibians of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: an updated and commented list

“…The first list of amphibians reported to occur in the state of Rio de Janeiro was published by Rocha et al (2004), who listed 166 species. Since then, there has been an increase in species inventories performed throughout the state, improving the knowledge about the composition and distribution of the state's amphibian fauna (e.g., Almeida-Gomes et al, 2008, 2014Carvalho-e-Silva et al, 2008;Siqueira et al, 2011a, b;Salles et al, 2009;Silva-Soares et al, 2010;Vrcibradic et al, 2011;Martins et al, 2012Martins et al, , 2014Telles et al, 2012;Bittencourt-Silva & Silva, 2013;Pontes et al, 2015). Additionally, several species have been added to the state's amphibian list, either through reports of new occurrence records (e.g., Vrcibradic et al, 2006;Silva-Soares et al, 2009;Silveira et al, 2010;Caram et al, 2011;Pederassi et al, 2015), or through descriptions, revalidations or reassessments of taxa (e.g., Carvalho-e-Silva & Carvalho-e-Silva, 2005;Caramaschi & Pombal, 2006;Canedo & Pombal, 2007;Pombal et al, 2008;Prado & Pombal, 2008;Silva & Alves-Silva, 2008;Carvalho-e-Silva et al, 2009Targino et al, 2009;Pombal, 2010;Pombal & Izecksohn, 2011;Weber et al, 2011;Silva & Alves-Silva, 2011;Nunes et al, 2012;Silva & Ouvernay, 2012;Dias et al, 2013;Caramaschi et al, 2013;Pimenta et al, 2014;…”