“…Although these studies have advanced our understanding of snake fauna in various ecosystems, studies focusing on snake communities in high altitude areas and the Araucaria forests remain scarce. Studies with this focus are mainly concentrated in the Serra do Mar of São Paulo State (e. g., Parque Estadual
da Serra do Mar:
Hartmann et al 2009b; Parque Natural Municipal Nascentes de Paranapiacaba:
Trevine et al 2014; Parque Nacional
da Serra
da Bocaina: Ortiz et al (2017) and southern Brazil (e.g., Centro de Pesquisas e Conservação
da Natureza Pró-Mata: Di-Bernardo 1998; Parque Nacional de Aparados
da Serra: Deiques 2009). However, there is a lack of knowledge about the Serra
da Mantiqueira snake fauna.…”