The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is one of the richest and most threatened biomes on Earth. In the state of Rio de Janeiro it is presently reduced to less than 20% of its original extension, and faunal lists are needed for several areas. Here we present a species list of amphibians and reptiles for the Estação Ecológica Estadual do Paraíso (EEEP), a forest reserve located in the central portion of Rio de Janeiro state. The list is based on both primary (gathered during a short-term survey by the authors) and secondary data (obtained from a local reference collection). A total of 30 amphibian (of which six are endemic to the state) and 29 reptile species were recorded from the area (of which 25 and 13, respectively, were obtained by primary data). No threatened or presumably threatened species were present among the herpetofauna of the EEEP.

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In Brazil, rabies occurs mainly within an urban cycle, in which dogs and bats are reservoirs. This paper aims to report the occurrence of rabies in Callithrix sp. in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In June 2019 a hybrid specimen was referred for diagnosis. The Direct Fluorescent Antibody, Mouse Inoculation, and Polymerase Chain Reaction tests were positive. A phylogenetic analysis was compatible with antigenic variant 3, characteristic of Desmodus rotundus. New studies should be undertaken to elucidate the real role of callitrichids in the urban rabies cycle.

Moléstia de Chagas e ecologia profunda: a "luta antivetorial" em questão Chagas's disease and deep ecology: the anti-vectorial fight in questionResumo As inter-relações entre o homem e o meio ambiente estão entre os principais temas debatidos no contexto atual da saúde pública brasileira. Neste horizonte se inscrevem as questões atinentes à moléstia de Chagas -especialmente no âmbito das ações de controle dirigidas aos triatomíneos, a luta antivetorial -, a qual permanece, mesmo após quase um século de sua descrição por Carlos Chagas, como uma condição de grande impacto epidemiológico na América Latina. Com base nestas considerações, o presente artigo buscará discutir os principais aspectos ecológicos relacionados à tripanossomíase americana -em um esforço de delimitação da questão, muito mais do que proposição de respostas -, enfatizando-se o controle da transmissão vetorial, repensada em termos da ecologia profunda. Palavras-chave Ecologia, Moléstia de Chagas, Trypanosoma cruzi, Ética, Saúde Abstract The inter-relations between man and the environment are among the main themes currently debated by the Brazilian public health. On such horizon, the questions concerning Chagas's disease are found to remain -specially in the scope of the directed actions of control to the triatomine, the anti-vectorial fight -, though already a century since its first description by Carlos Chagas, a major epidemiological problem in Latin America. Based on these considerations the present article will seek to discuss the main ecological aspects related to the American trypanosomiasis, emphasizing the control of the vectorial transmission in the context of the deep ecology.

RESUMENUn Jabotí-Piranga adulto (Geochelone carbonaria), hembra, con peso de 3.5 kg ingresó por consulta en la escuela clínica "Dr. Cataldi Luiz de Souza", del "Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos -Teresopolis, Río de Janeiro", con historia de retención de huevos. En la evaluación clínica y radiológica, se encontró tres huevos en posiciones normales. Teniendo en cuenta la temporada de reproducción, se aconsejó la observación del animal. Después de un año, dicho animal regresó a la clínica por no haber todavía expulsado los huevos. Tras nuevo examen radiográfico se observó que los 3 huevos continuaban en la misma posición. A continuación, se aplicó 0.03 ml de oxitocina por vía subcutanea (10 UI x ml), en el apéndice anterior del animal. Tres horas después de la aplicación de la hormona, el animal expulsó los huevos naturalmente, sin la necesidad de una intervención quirúrgica, con lo que se puede sospechar de la eficacia de la aplicación de oxitocina para este procedimiento en jabotí Piranga.Palabras clave: Jaboti, Geochelone carbonaria, retención de huevos, oxitocina. Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos -Curso de Graduação em Medicina Veterinária, E s t r a d a d a P r a t a s / n -c a m p u s Q u i n t a d o P a r a í s o , Te r e s ó p o l i s , R J , B r a z i l .