Tetrapod diversity in the Atlantic Forest: maps and gaps

MSL Figueiredo, MM Weber, CA Brasileiro… - The Atlantic Forest …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Atlantic Forest is a heterogeneous and complex vegetation mosaic caused by
variety of climatic, geomorphological, and edaphic conditions. It has long been known that …

Integrative taxonomy of small worm lizards from Southern South America, with description of three new species (Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae)

R Perez, M Borges-Martins - Zoologischer Anzeiger, 2019 - Elsevier
Fossorial vertebrates such as amphisbaenians suffer from morphological constraints as a
result of their burrowing strategies. The morphology is conserved in many groups and …

In the depths of obscurity: Knowledge gaps and extinction risk of Brazilian worm lizards (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)

GR Colli, J Fenker, LG Tedeschi, AF Barreto-Lima… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Worm lizards remain one of the least known groups of vertebrates, hindering a proper
assessment of their levels of threat, especially in tropical regions where worm lizard diversity …

Discovery of a new species of Anolis lizards from Brazil and its implications for the historical biogeography of montane Atlantic Forest endemics

I Prates, PR Melo-Sampaio, K de Queiroz… - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2020 - brill.com
Recent biological discoveries have changed our understanding of the distribution and
evolution of neotropical biotas. In the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, the discovery of closely …

A New Species of Amphisbaena from Northeastern Brazil (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae)

LB Ribeiro, SC Gomides… - Journal of Herpetology, 2018 - meridian.allenpress.com
We describe a new species of Amphisbaena from the Caatinga in the northern region of
Bahia, northeastern Brazil. The new taxon is identified mainly by having two precloacal …

[PDF][PDF] A new two-pored species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado, with a key to the two-pored species of Amphisbaena

S Ribeiro, JO Gomes, HLR Silva, CED Cintra… - Zootaxa, 2016 - academia.edu
A new species of Amphisbaena is described from municipalities of Babaçulândia, State of
Tocantins, and Estreito, State of Maranhão, northern Brazilian Cerrado. The new species …

A new four-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) from Brazilian Amazon.

ECS Oliveira, W Vaz-Silva, AP Santos-Jr, R Graboski… - Zootaxa, 2018 - europepmc.org
A new species of Amphisbaena is described from the Brazilian Amazon, within the area
impacted by the Teles Pires hydroelectric power plant, Jacareacanga municipality, State of …

Taxonomic status and the phylogenetic placement of Amphisbaena leucocephala Peters, 1878 (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)

F Dal Vechio, M Teixeira, M Sena, A Argôlo… - South American Journal …, 2016 - BioOne
Since 1965, Amphisbaena leucocephala has been considered species inquirenda due to
overlap in meristic data between it and A. pretrei and the the low number of specimens …

[PDF][PDF] A new species of the Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado with a key for the two-pored species

S Ribeiro, V Sa, AP Santos-Jr, R Graboski, H Zaher… - Zootaxa, 2019 - researchgate.net
Here, we describe a new species of Amphisbaena with two precloacal pores from open
Cerrado areas of the municipality of Arenópolis, in the Brazilian state of Goiás. The new …

A New Worm Lizard Species (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae: Amphisbaena) with Non-autotomic Tail, from Northeastern Brazil

LB Ribeiro, SC Gomides… - Journal of Herpetology, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
We describe a new species of Amphisbaena from the Caatinga of northeastern Brazil. The
new taxon is identified mainly by having 216–239 body annuli, 13–17 caudal annuli without …