Plant diversity of the Pantanal wetland

A Pott, AKM Oliveira, GA Damasceno-Junior… - Brazilian journal of …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
This is a review of current studies in diversity of the flora and main vegetation types in the
Brazilian Pantanal. The flora of this wetland, nearly 2,000 species, constitutes a pool of …

Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna

CC Nogueira, AJS Argôlo, V Arzamendia… - South American Journal …, 2019 - BioOne
Accurate and detailed species distribution maps are fundamental for documenting and
interpreting biological diversity. For snakes, an ecologically diverse group of reptiles …

The anurofauna of a vanishing savanna: the case of the Brazilian Cerrado

J Ribeiro, GR Colli, AMVM Soares - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2020 - Springer
The second largest biome in Brazil, the Cerrado has been transformed into a highly
mechanized and intensive agricultural area, with little public opposition. The native …

[HTML][HTML] Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. I. dactyloidae, hoplocercidae, iguanidae, leiosauridae, polychrotidae …

MA Ribeiro-Júnior - Zootaxa, 2015 - biotaxa.org
I present distribution data of all Dactyloidae, Hoplocercidae, Iguanidae, Leiosauridae,
Polychrotidae and Tropiduridae lizards known from the Brazilian Amazonia, totaling 40 …

Climatic variables and altitude as predictors of anuran species richness and number of reproductive modes in Brazil

T da Silveira Vasconcelos, TG dos Santos… - Journal of Tropical …, 2010 - cambridge.org
Because anuran species are highly dependent on environmental variables, we
hypothesized that anuran species richness and the number of reproductive modes from …

Treefrog diversity in the Neotropics: phylogenetic relationships of Scinaxini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae)

K Araujo-Vieira, ACC Lourenço, JVA Lacerda… - South American Journal …, 2023 - BioOne
Scinax is the most species-rich genus of Neotropical treefrogs, with 129 currently recognized
species divided between two major clades, the S. catharinae and S. ruber clades. The S …

[HTML][HTML] Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. III. Anguidae, Scincidae, Teiidae

MA Ribeiro-Junior, S Amaral - Zootaxa, 2016 - mapress.com
We present distribution data of all Anguidae, Scincidae, and Teiidae lizards known from the
Brazilian Amazonia, totaling 29 species-level taxa, belonging to 14 genera. This represents …

Does behavioral thermal tolerance predict distribution pattern and habitat use in two sympatric Neotropical frogs?

JC Diaz-Ricaurte, FC Serrano, EC Guevara-Molina… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Environmental temperatures are a major constraint on ectotherm abundance, influencing
their distribution and natural history. Comparing thermal tolerances with environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae

MA Ribeiro-Junior, S Amaral - Zootaxa, 2017 - mapress.com
We present distribution data of all Alopoglossidae and Gymnophthalmidae lizards known
from the Brazilian Amazonia, totaling 54 species-level taxa, belonging to 17 genera and two …

The evolutionary history of Lygodactylus lizards in the South American open diagonal

FM Lanna, FP Werneck, M Gehara, EM Fonseca… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pleistocenic Arc Hypothesis (PAH) posits that South American Seasonally Dry
Tropical Forests (SDTF) were interconnected during Pleistocene glacial periods, enabling …