História natural das serpentes das região de Munhoz, sul de Minas Gerais, Serra da Mantiqueira.

Abstract

Graça Salomão e Patricia Abujanra, que de inúmeras maneiras contribuíram para a realização deste trabalho. Ao Claudio Augusto Rojas pela confecção das fotomicrografias. Ao Miguel Trefaut U. Rodrigues pela identificação do lagarto ingerido pela serpente.

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

“…obs.). We propose this species simply may not be abundant in the study area covered by Cardoso (2011). In a similar discrepancy at Núcleo Curucutu, SP, Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, Batista (2017) did not register A.zebrinus for this locality despite the use of pitfall traps.…”

“…Nevertheless, disregarding pitfall trap records, A.zebrinus remains among the four most frequently observed species in the study area with seven records. Despite the considerable sample effort (2002 to 2007), Cardoso (2011) did not record A.zebrinus in a neighboring area (Farm Santa Elisa, Munhoz, MG, at 1320–1640 m a.s.l.). A possible explanation for this discrepancy is a lack of pitfall trappin method in that study effort.…”

“…An individual was found resting during the day (9:30 h) in a pasture area. This species occurs mainly in open areas (Cechin 1999, Sawaya et al 2008), but may be found in forested areas near fields (Lema 1994, Cardoso 2011). It is a generalist species, feeding mainly on lizards, but also small mammals and snakes (Cechin 1999, Carreira 2002, Maschio et al 2003, Sawaya et al 2008).…”

“…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). …”

“…There is considerable potential for the record of remarkable and endemic species, for which basic natural history has yet to be described. To date only a single study reports on a snake assemblage in this region (Cardoso 2011). This work presented the ecological aspects of a snake community in Munhoz (southern Minas Gerais) and provided the first insight into the composition and natural history of snakes in this region.…”