The Caatinga is the largest seasonal dry tropical forest in South America and it has been
historically neglected in terms of its biodiversity. Regarding lizards, different studies led to …

The Caatinga is one of the few semiarid regions in the subtropical zone surrounded by
humid areas. Its fauna was previously considered impoverished and with few endemics, but …

Morphology is among the most important traits influencing the interaction of individual
animals with their environments. Fossoriality reflects this functional association between …

Traditionally focused on Amazonian and Atlantic rainforests, studies on the origins of high
Neotropical biodiversity have recently shifted to also investigate biodiversity processes in …

Abstract Knowledge of species in strategic regions, even if only fragmentary, is an excellent
way for making inferences regarding the local biodiversity, which is paramount for …

We examine the life history traits of microteiid lizards (families Alopoglossidae and
Gymnophthalmidae), focusing on how environmental variables and female body size …

Autecology studies provide essential information on species' life history and natural history,
improving our knowledge of evolutionary processes vital for effective biodiversity …

A list of amphibian and reptile species that occur in open and forested areas of the Atlantic
Forest in the municipality of Cruz das Almas, in the Recôncavo Baiano, eastern Brazil is …

An integrative taxonomy approach is used to study the diversity of the Brazilian aquatic pipid
frog Pipa carvalhoi, evaluating whether within this nominal species two or more lineages are …

Here we investigate the autecology of the poorly known lizard Anotosaura vanzolinia
(Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) and describe diet, reproductive biology and morphological …