Sleep is ubiquitous in the animal kingdom and yet displays considerable variation in its
extent and form in the wild. Ecological factors, such as predation, competition, and …

Lizards are commonly preyed by a great variety of predators, including vertebrates and
invertebrates. Therefore, it is expected that lizards have developed a wide range of …

The Neotropical pitviper genus Bothrops comprises about 40 species, which occur in all
main ecosystems of cis-Andean South America. We explored the relationships of body size …

Activity and habitat use in Bothrops atrox are described from central Amazonia using three
methods: time constrained search (TCS, in swamp forest in a stream valley and terra firme …

A snake richness of 56 species was recorded at Espigão do Oeste (Rondônia), with a faunal
composition very similar to that of the closely located area of the Hydroelectric Power Plant …

The main objective of this study was to examine the natural history and the ecology of the
species that constitute a snake assemblage in the Atlantic Rainforest, at Núcleo Picinguaba …

As serpentes Bothriopsis bilineatus e Bothrops atrox são viperídeos simpátricos na
Amazônia, sendo B. atrox comum e B. bilineatus mais rara. Ambas espécies apresentam …

Abstract The Amazonian lizard Anolis trachyderma was studied at three sites stretching from
eastern Ecuador to the central Amazon of Brazil. These lizards occupy low vegetation and …

Body size, sexual dimorphism, reproductive cycles, fecundity, diet and feeding behaviour of
the colubrid snake Tomodon dorsatus from south-eastern Brazil were studied. Females of …

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar o resultado de um levantamento
herpetofaunístico realizado na floresta do baixo rio Moa, em Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre. O estudo …