Abstract The Feline Night Monkey, Aotus azarae infulatus (Kuhl, 1820), is recorded for the
first time in the Caatinga biome and in the state of Piauí, northeastern Brazil, and represents …

Many studies propose that Quaternary climatic cycles contracted and/or expanded the
ranges of species and biomes. Strong expansion–contraction dynamics of biomes presume …

The variety of interactions between human cultures and herpetofauna is the subject matter of
Ethnoherpetology, a subdivision of Ethnozoology. In the semi-arid region of Brazil, many …

Abstract The Atlantic Forest is originally distributed along the Brazilian coast from the states
of Rio Grande do Norte to Rio Grande do Sul, and it presents many different vegetal …

Abstract The Atlantic Forest is one of the largest and richest tropical rainforests on the planet,
being one of the 25 world priorities for conservation. The Atlantic Forest portion located north …

ABSTRACT The Serra do Urubu mountain range is considered a key biodiversity area. It is
situated in the Pernambuco Endemism Center, one of the most threatened regions of the …

Here we describe a new species of Lancehead (Bothrops jabrensis sp. nov.) based on three
individuals sampled from a previously unknown population from Pico do Jabre, an isolated …

Information about the snake diversity and their natural history from the Atlantic forest domain
in Brazil refer mostly to inland forests than to coastal region. Within the state of Bahia, this …

The Atlantic Forest of Brazil is one of the most biologically diverse regions in the world, but
also one of the most highly threatened, with only around six percent of its original cover …

The genus Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe, 1832 has 91 representatives in the New World.
Despite medical relevancy, the taxonomy of the genus is poorly understood. South American …