Herpetofauna do Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho, São Paulo, Brasil

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Abstract:The present work is a survey of the herpetofauna of Carlos Botelho State Park (CBSP), located in the region of Serra de Paranapiacaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Data were gathered from specimens collected in six areas within the park during a period of 76 days distributed in one year, and from three Brazilian scientific collections. We also offer photographs and information on the biology and occurrence of species within the park and among Brazilian biomes. The herpetofauna of CBSP may be considered one of the most diverse in the State of São Paulo, with 65 species of amphibians and 59 species of reptiles recorded in the present study. From the 65 species of amphibia recorded, 84% (55 spp.) are endemic from forested areas of the Atlantic forest. We also distinguished different altitudinal patterns within the amphibian assemblage, with 46% being recorded only at altitudes above 500 m, while 9% are exclusive of areas under 400 m and 45% occur in all altitudes within the park. The reptile fauna of PECB is composed of 59 species, including 10 species of lizards, 48 snakes, and one chelonian. Among the snakes collected at the CBSP, the Lancehead Bothrops jararaca was the most frequent, with 26,9% (N = 14) of the total of the collected specimens. Species that are considered difficult to sample, such as Echinanthera cephalostriata (13,5%; N = 7) and Taeniophallus affinis (7,7%; N = 4), were also numerous in PECB. Among lizards, Enyalius iheringii was the most abundant species, representing 50% (N = 16) of sampled specimens. We also performed a cluster analysis comparing 25 amphibian assemblages from different localities in the Atlantic Forest, and including the PECB, which resulted in the clustering of four main groups. The anurofauna of PECB presented high similarity with the assemblages of Jacupiranga (0,68) and Intervales (0,66) State Parks. These places are geographically close and constitute one of the largest preserved forest fragments of Atlantic rainforest in Brazil. The present work provides at the first time a list of reptiles for the CBSP, and complements the knowledge about the amphibian fauna at the CBSP. Resumo: O presente trabalho consiste em um inventário da herpetofauna do Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho (PECB), localizado na região da Serra de Paranapiacaba, Estado de São Paulo. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de coletas em seis áreas dentro do PECB durante um período de 76 dias distribuídos em um ano, e também por meio de consulta a coleções científicas para obtenção de dados secundários. São apresentados resultados sobre a biologia e ocorrência das espécies no PECB e no Brasil, além de fotografias das diferentes espécies que compõem a herpetofauna do PECB. A herpetofauna do PECB pode ser considerada uma das mais diversificadas de São Paulo, com 65 espécies de anfíbios confirmadas e 59 espécies de répteis registrados neste trabalho. Das 65 espécies de anfíbios, 84% (55 spp.) são endêmicas das formações florestais da Mata Atlântica. Devido às características do relevo do PECB, foram encontra...

Herpetofauna of Paranapiacaba: expanding our knowledge on a historical region in the Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil

“…We adopted the taxonomic classification of FROST et al (2001), KEARNEY (2003), ZAHER et al (2009), andCARRASCO et al (2012) for reptiles, with one exception: species of Liophis Wagler, 1830 were allocated to Erythrolamprus Boie, 1826 (CURCIO et al 2009, FORLANI et al 2010, GRAZZIOTIN et al, 2012. The classification of amphibians follows FROST (2013) and CARAMASCHI & CRUZ (2013).…”

“…), which has been considered the most distinctive area in São Paulo in terms of amphibian diversity (HEYER et al 1990. The diversity of reptiles (56 ssp) was also very representative for the state (CONDEZ et al 2009, FORLANI et al 2010.…”

“…spanios has been considered restricted to its type locality (Estação Ecológica de Boracéia, São Paulo), but similar specimens were collected from the Atlantic plateau as well, for instance the Parque Estadual de Carlos Botelho and adjacent regions (FORLANI et al 2010). Still, it is possible that such records refer to more than one taxonomically distinct entity under one name, and a reassessment of the group is necessary for further considerations.…”

Anurofauna de um remanescente alterado de floresta estacional semidecidual as margens do Rio Paranapanema

“…As amostragens por AIQ registraram menor número de espécies, fato que é evidente em vários trabalhos com anuros (e.g. Santos et al, 2009;Cicchi et al, 2009;Forlani et al, 2010;Araujo & Almeida-Santos, 2011, 2013Morais et al, 2012). Uma das explicações para esta menor riqueza, é que este método apresenta maior eficiência para a captura de espécies de hábitos terrícolas e fossoriais (Greenberg et al, 1994), dificultando assim a captura de espécies de hábito arborícola, fauna que tem uma alta representatividade em taxocenoses de anuros tropicais (Duellman, 1988).…”

Implementing new northernmost records to modelling the distribution of Hypsiboas caingua (Anura: Hylidae) in South America

“…Rather, SDM methods consequently provided only those suitable areas where H. caingua would be able to occupy. Then, other factors than climate might be also responsible in the current distribution of H. caingua, since well surveyed sites between the current records, which have higher probabilities of occurrence according to the species distribution modelling, have no occurrence record for this species (e.g., Bernarde and Machado, 2001;Vasconcelos and Rossa-Feres, 2008;Serafim et al, 2008;Santos et al, 2009;Armstrong and Conte, 2010;Conte et al, 2010;Forlani et al, 2010;Silva and RossaFeres, 2011;Sabbag and Zina, 2011). We believe that further studies on natural history, populations' genetic structure and geographic distribution models implementing other factors than climate will be important to elucidate some ecological and evolutionary aspects of the distribution of H. caingua in South America.…”