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Jesus LMG, Guedes JJM, Moura MR, Feio RN, Costa HC. Environmental drivers of tropical forest snake phenology: Insights from citizen science. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e10305. [PMID: 37492463 PMCID: PMC10363785 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023] Open
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Museum specimens and citizen science initiatives are valuable sources of information on how anthropogenic activities affect biodiversity and how species respond to rapid global change. Although tropical regions harbor most of the planet's biodiversity, investigations on species' phenological changes are heavily biased toward temperate regions. Such unevenness in phenological research is also taxonomically biased, with reptiles being the least studied group among tetrapod species regarding animal phenology. Herein, we used long-term time-series data to investigate environmentally driven changes in the activity pattern of tropical forest snakes. We gathered natural history collection and citizen science data for 25 snake species (five venomous and 20 non-venomous) from an Atlantic Forest region in southeastern Brazil. Using circular mixed-effects models, we investigate whether snake activity patterns followed the variation in environmental variables over a decade. Our results show that the activity pattern of Atlantic Forest snakes was seasonal and largely driven by average temperature and relative humidity. Since snakes are ectothermic animals, they are particularly sensitive to temperature variations, especially at small scales. Moreover, relative humidity can affect snake's seasonal activities through physiological constraints and/or prey availability. Most specimens were registered during the rainy season, with highly venomous snakes (lanceheads and coral snakes) emerging as the most abundant taxa. We highlight the importance of citizen science and natural history collections in better understanding biodiversity. Furthermore, our data obtained from local collectors underscore the need for environmental education programs and collaboration between researchers and local decision-makers to raise awareness and reduce conflicts between people and snakes in the region.
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- Letízia M. G. Jesus
- Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da SaúdeUniversidade Federal de ViçosaViçosaBrazil
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação da Natureza, Instituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal de Juiz de ForaJuiz de ForaBrazil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, Departamento de Ecologia, Campus SamambaiaUniversidade Federal de GoiásGoiâniaBrazil
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- Departamento de Biologia AnimalUniversidade Estadual de CampinasCampinasBrazil
- Departamento de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal da ParaíbaAreiaBrazil
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- Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da SaúdeUniversidade Federal de ViçosaViçosaBrazil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação da Natureza, Instituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal de Juiz de ForaJuiz de ForaBrazil
- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal de Juiz de ForaJuiz de ForaBrazil
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Novelli MM, Feio RN, Montenegro SSP, Ribeiro-Júnior AN, Siqueira-Batista R. Trauma, poisoning and envenomation caused by fish in Brazil: a review. Infect 2022. [DOI: 10.22354/24223794.1093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Injuries caused by traumatic, poisonous and venomous animal are relatively common in the medical practice of many regions, especially in tropical countries, such as Brazil. These include morbid events caused by a wide variety of fish. Although they are generally of low severity, restricted to local manifestations of the place where the venom/poison comes into contact with the skin or mucosa, these illnesses can evolve to more severe conditions which, in rarer cases, can lead to death. The potential severity in some cases, along with the recent increase in the number of notifications, in different areas of the country, demonstrate the need for a better understanding of these events. Based on these considerations, the present article aims to review the literature on the main characteristics of trauma, poisoning and envenomation by fish in Brazil, with emphasis on the causative animals and on the pathophysiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of these morbid conditions
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Guedes JJM, Feio RN, Moura MR. Environmental and biological correlates of migration phenology of tropical leaf‐litter anurans. AUSTRAL ECOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.13197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jhonny J. M. Guedes
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, Departamento de Ecologia Universidade Federal de Goiás Campus Samambaia Goiânia GO 74690‐900 Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal Universidade Federal de Viçosa Viçosa MG Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal da Paraíba Areia PB Brazil
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Souza KL, Peixoto MA, Barreto CAV, Feio RN, Dergam JA. Cytogenetics of Four Species of the Green Clade Aplastodiscus Lutz, 1950 (Anura: Cophomantinae): New Insights into the Chromosomal Evolution of the Genus. Cytogenet Genome Res 2021; 160:704-710. [PMID: 33498044 DOI: 10.1159/000512816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The tree frog Aplastodiscus is a Neotropical taxon that encompasses 15 species in the Atlantic forest biome, with one isolated species in the Central Brazilian Cerrado. To date, only 8 species have been karyotyped, showing high levels of diploid number variation, which allowed clustering species in chromosome number groups: 2n = 24 (Aplastodiscus perviridis group), 2n = 22 (Aplastodiscus albofrenatus group), 2n = 20, and 2n = 18 (both within Aplastodiscus albosignatus group). This study aims to report karyotypic information on 4 species from the last 2 groups using classical and molecular cytogenetic techniques and hypothesize chromosomal evolutionary trends within the species groups. Aplastodiscus weygoldti showed 2n = 22; Ag-NOR and FISH 18S rDNA signals were located in the interstitial region of the short arms of chromosome pair 6. Aplastodiscus cavicola, Aplastodiscus sp. 4, and Aplastodiscus sp. 6 showed 2n = 18; Ag-NOR and FISH 18S rDNA bands were located in the terminal region of the long arm of chromosome pair 9. Our results support multiple and independent chromosome fusion events within Aplastodiscus, including a new chromosome fission event. Ag-NOR and FISH 18S rDNA patterns were restricted to the small chromosome pairs, similar to the other species within this genus, and confirm overall chromosome morphology conservation among the genera of Cophomantinae.
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- Késsia L Souza
- Laboratório de Sistemática Molecular (Beagle), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil,
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- Laboratório de Biometria, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Sistemática Molecular (Beagle), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Museu de Zoologia João Moojen (MZUFV), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Sistemática Molecular (Beagle), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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Guedes JJM, Fantuzzi D, Assis CL, Feio RN. Reproductive biology of
Gymnodactylus darwinii
(Gray, 1845) (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) from southeastern Brazil. ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/azo.12360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jhonny J. M. Guedes
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução Departamento de Ecologia Universidade Federal de Goiás – Campus Samambaia Goiânia Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Animal Museu de Zoologia João Moojen Universidade Federal de Viçosa Viçosa Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal Museu de Zoologia João Moojen Universidade Federal de Viçosa Viçosa Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal Museu de Zoologia João Moojen Universidade Federal de Viçosa Viçosa Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal Museu de Zoologia João Moojen Universidade Federal de Viçosa Viçosa Brazil
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Pereira EA, Neves MO, Sugai JLMM, Feio RN, Santana DJ. Seasonal and habitat structure of an anuran assemblage in a semideciduous forest area in Southeast Brazil. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2020; 92:e20190458. [PMID: 32401837 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202020190458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In this study, we evaluated the reproductive activity and the temporal and spatial distributions of anuran assemblages in three environments within a semideciduous forest in Southeast Brazil, located at Municipality of Barão de Monte Alto, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The field activities were carried out during three consecutive days, monthly throughout the rainy seasons of 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. We recorded 28 anurans species, distributed in eight families. We observed the spatial-temporal distribution of some species, and their associated reproductive behaviors through exploration of vocalizations at different sites. The spatial and temporal distribution of the species seems to adapt to abiotic and biotic factors of their environment.
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- Elvis A Pereira
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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- Mapinguari - Laboratório de Biogeografia e Sistemática de Anfíbios e Répteis, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Mapinguari - Laboratório de Biogeografia e Sistemática de Anfíbios e Répteis, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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Most species remain unknown to science and might go extinct before we recognize their existence. Although specimens belonging to many of these unknown taxa may already be housed in scientific collections, they can remain ‘shelved’ for years bearing the wrong name or without a formal name. We investigate factors underlying variation in time lag between collection and description dates for 2356 reptile species described worldwide between 1992 and 2017. We modelled the time to description using biological and sociological variables in a time-to-event analysis. Time lag between collection and description varied from zero to 155 years (median = 5). More than one-quarter of species involved specimens ‘shelved’ for 12 years or more. The time lag was shorter when the collector of the holotype – specimen serving as the name-bearer of the species – was an author of the description, while taxonomic revisions uncovered species with longer time lags. Unknown species collected by non-taxonomists and ‘shelved’ in scientific collections remained incorrectly identified for a much longer time. Taxonomic revisions are crucial to reverse this trend and improve benefits of the collecting performed by non-taxonomists. Our findings reveal the kinds of preserved reptile specimens that most likely represent unknown species in scientific collections.
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- Jhonny J M Guedes
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- School of Zoology, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Brazil
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Peixoto MA, Guedes TB, Silva ETD, Feio RN, Romano PSR. Biogeographic tools help to assess the effectiveness of protected areas for the conservation of anurans in the Mantiqueira mountain range, Southeastern Brazil. J Nat Conserv 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Silva ETD, Peixoto MAA, Leite FS, Feio RN, Garcia PC. Anuran Distribution in a Highly Diverse Region of the Atlantic Forest: the Mantiqueira Mountain Range in Southeastern Brazil. HERPETOLOGICA 2018. [DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831.294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Emanuel T. Da Silva
- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida P.H. Rolfs s/n, 36570-000, Vi çosa, MG, Brazil
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- Sagarana Lab, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Florestal, 35690-000, Florestal, MG, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida P.H. Rolfs s/n, 36570-000, Vi çosa, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Silva ETD, Peixoto MAA, Leite FS, Feio RN, Garcia PC. Anuran Distribution in a Highly Diverse Region of the Atlantic Forest: The Mantiqueira Mountain Range in Southeastern Brazil. HERPETOLOGICA 2018. [DOI: 10.1655/herpetologica-d-17-00025.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Emanuel T. da Silva
- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
- Centro Universitário de Caratinga, Campus II, Bairro Nossa Senhora das Graças, 35300-345, Caratinga, MG, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida P.H. Rolfs s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
- Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Vila Gianetti, 32, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Sagarana Lab, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Florestal, 35690-000, Florestal, MG, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida P.H. Rolfs s/n, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
- Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Vila Gianetti, 32, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Conservação e Manejo da Vida Silvestre, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Neves MO, Pereira EA, Sugai JLMM, Rocha SBDA, Feio RN, Santana DJ. Distribution pattern of anurans from three mountain complexes in southeastern Brazil and their conservation implications. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2018; 90:1611-1623. [PMID: 29898111 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201820170203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Biogeographic tools support spatial distribution pattern hypotheses and help to determine priority areas for conservation. Our aim was to verify biogeographic patterns for anurans in three mountain complexes in southeastern Brazil, as well as to discuss the status of species conservation recorded and the biogeographical units evaluated. We selected 16 areas distributed in the Serra da Mantiqueira complex, south of Serra do Espinhaço and Serra da Canastra. We used the occurrence (geographic coordinates) of each species in the localities to determine areas of endemism applying the Endemicity Analysis method. We also tested whether similarity between areas was explained by geographic distance (Multiple Regression on distance Matrices-MRM). The Serra do Itatiaia, Serra da Canastra, Plateau of Poços de Caldas and Serra do Cipó were the areas that presented the highest number of species restricted to them. Through the Endemicity Analysis, we identified four areas of endemism with higher scores. The MRM revealed that the geographic distance explained 41% of species dissimilarity between areas. Most of the endemic species from these areas have inaccurate conservation statuses (data deficient or unevaluated). These results highlight the need for greater research efforts towards understanding species restricted by distribution, as well as the priority in conserving these endemic areas.
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- Matheus O Neves
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Biociências, Cidade Universitária, Pioneiros, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rodovia BR 465, Km 7, s/n, Zona Rural, 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Biociências, Cidade Universitária, Pioneiros, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Biociências, Cidade Universitária, Pioneiros, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Biociências, Cidade Universitária, Pioneiros, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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Sabbag AF, Lyra ML, Zamudio KR, Haddad CF, Feio RN, Leite FS, Gasparini JL, Brasileiro CA. Molecular phylogeny of Neotropical rock frogs reveals a long history of vicariant diversification in the Atlantic forest. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 122:142-156. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Revised: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Peixoto MAA, Oliveira MPC, Feio RN, Dergam JA. Karyological study of Ololygon tripui (Lourenço, Nascimento and Pires, 2009), (Anura, Hylidae) with comments on chromosomal traits among populations. Comp Cytogenet 2016; 10:505-516. [PMID: 28123674 PMCID: PMC5240505 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v10i4.9176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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To increase the number of cytogenetic characters used in Ololygon tripui systematics, we applied some cytogenetic techniques such as Giemsa, C- and NOR-banding, and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with 18S rDNA and repetitive microsatellite DNA probes to the study of four populations from Minas Gerais State (southeastern Brazil). All populations showed 2n = 24 and FN = 48, and chromosomal formula 8m + 10sm + 6st. Nucleolar organizing regions (NORs) were located on chromosome pair 6 in all populations, although in the Tripuí locality additional markings were observed on one homologue of chromosome pair 3. These patterns were partially congruent with results obtained using the 18S rDNA FISH probe. The microsatellites repetitive DNA (GA)15 and (CAT)10 probes accumulated predominantly in the terminal region of all chromosomes. Chromosome morphology and Ag-NOR were conserved among populations, a conserved pattern in Ololygon Fitzinger, 1843. Repetitive DNA FISH probes patterns were similar among populations, but they revealed species-specific differences when compared with other species of the genus Ololygon, suggesting that molecular cytogenetics are potentially more informative in karyologically conservative taxa.
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- Marco Antônio A. Peixoto
- Laboratório de Sistemática Molecular - Beagle, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, CEP 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
- Museu de Zoologia João Moojen - MZUFV, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, CEP 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Sistemática Molecular - Beagle, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, CEP 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
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- Museu de Zoologia João Moojen - MZUFV, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, CEP 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Sistemática Molecular - Beagle, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, CEP 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
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Pereira EA, Neves MO, Hote PS, Santana DJ, Feio RN. Anurans of the municipality of Barão de Monte Alto, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. cl 2016. [DOI: 10.15560/12.5.1977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Abstract: We present a list of the anuran amphibians from municipality of Barão de Monte Alto, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. This region is part of the remaining Atlantic Forest and the studied environments are represented by forest patches and open habitats. We recorded 29 anuran species, many of these typical and/or endemic to the Atlantic Forest. None of the species registered was considered under threat of extinction in state, national or international red-lists. It is worth noting, however, the presence of the tree frogs Dendropsophus pseudomeridianus, the first record of this species in the state of Minas Gerais, and D. bipunctatus, marking its expanded distribution in various locations of Minas Gerais. The present list examines zoogeography and conservation of anurans in the Brazilian southeast and broadens the knowledge of the anuran fauna in this region.
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Nunes-de-Almeida CHL, Assis CL, Feio RN, Toledo LF. Redescription of the Advertisement Call of Five Species of Thoropa (Anura, Cycloramphidae), Including Recordings of Rare and Endangered Species. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0162617. [PMID: 27617833 PMCID: PMC5019406 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Frogs of the genus Thoropa comprise six endemic Brazilian species on the Eastern side of the country. Little is known about their natural history, especially about their acoustic communication. Therefore, aiming to provide an overview of their vocalizations, we analyzed and redescribed male advertisement calls of three living and two possibly extinct species. The smaller species, T. petropolitana and T. lutzi, produce simple calls (one single note) with a higher frequency range than the remaining larger ones. On the other hand, the larger species present complex calls, with more than one note: T. megatympanum calls have three notes, T. taophora calls have four notes, and T. miliaris calls varies from three to six notes. Population snout-vent length negatively correlated with peak of dominant frequency as expected. However, highlighted differences between two populations of T. lutzi, which could indicate need of further taxonomic evaluation of those lineages. Peculiar morphology, such as the absence of vocal sacs and slits, may have contributed to their call variation and highly banded frequency structure. If the observed population differences reflect species-level differences, T. lutzi may be classified as a critically endangered species, as T. petropolitana. Furthermore, we provided a suggestion to an unusual behavior in frogs: calling with the mouth open in the smaller species of the genus.
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- Carlos H. L. Nunes-de-Almeida
- Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Moura MR, Dixo M, Feio RN. Integrating life-history traits and amphibian upland habitat use in a Neotropical hotspot. Acta Oecologica 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2015.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lacerda JVA, Ferreira RB, De Souza GA, Da Silva HR, Feio RN. On the diagnosis and conservation of the poorly known bromeligenous Scinax arduous Peixoto, 2002 (Amphibia; Anura; Hylidae). Zootaxa 2015; 4021:401-17. [PMID: 26624138 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.3.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Since Scinax arduous description, many other populations belonging to the Scinax perpusillus group have been recorded for the States of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Both in collections and publications most of these new specimens are identified as S. arduous, Scinax cf. arduous, Scinax cf. perpusillus, Scinax gr. perpusillus, S. perpusillus and S. v-signatus. Such state of affairs may be due to the lack of information on the original description of S. arduous. Only two individuals [the holotype (female) and the paratype (male)] were used in the original description and diagnosis, therefore, information on variation and distribution were not available. Furthermore, in S. arduous description, the section on coloration in life was based only on two juveniles raised in laboratory. Herein we redefine Scinax arduous based on 44 males and 17 females from the type locality, the Municipality of Santa Teresa, in the State of Espírito Santo. In addition, we provide information on its conservation status, distribution, natural history, vocalization, tadpoles, and detailed photographs of both adults and larvae.
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- João Victor A Lacerda
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil; unknown
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- Department of Wildland Resources and Ecology Center, Utah State University, 84322-5230, Logan, Utah, USA Laboratório de Ecologia de Populações e Conservação, Universidade Vila Velha, Vila Velha, ES, Brazil 29102-920; unknown
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23980-000, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; unknown
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23980-000, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; unknown
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil; unknown
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Pirani RM, Nascimento LB, Feio RN. Anurans in a forest remnant in the transition zone between cerrado and Atlantic Rain Forest domains in Southeastern Brazil. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2014; 85:1093-104. [PMID: 24068093 DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652013000300014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2012] [Accepted: 11/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This study presents the species richness, temporal distribution and reproductive activity of anurans from the Uaimií State Forest (Floresta Estadual do Uaimií - FLOE Uaimií), situated in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero region, municipality of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Field activities were performed monthly from September 2009 to August 2010. We recorded 36 anurans species, distributed in 10 families. The greatest richness of the sampled sites corresponds to a permanent rivulet in a secondary forest. The majority of anuran species presented seasonal vocalization activity pattern, mainly in the rainy season. The anuran species composition of FLOE Uaimií is similar to others studied areas from the Quadrilátero Ferrífero region.
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- Renata M Pirani
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Vila Gianetti, 32, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brasil.
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Taucce PPG, Leite FSF, Santos PS, Feio RN, Garcia PCA. The advertisement call, color patterns and distribution of Ischnocnema izecksohni (Caramaschi and Kisteumacher, 1989) (Anura, Brachycephalidae). Pap Avulsos Zool 2012. [DOI: 10.1590/s0031-10492012000900001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ischnocnema izecksohni inhabits the gallery forests from the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Southern Espinhaço range, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, and it is considered endemic to this region. Its closest related species is I. nasuta according to the original description. We describe the advertisement call of I. izecksohni based on specimens recorded and collected at the municipality of Nova Lima, state of Minas Gerais, distant about 10 km straight line from its type locality. The advertisement call consists of a group of notes emitted sporadically without a regular interval between the calls. Call duration (n = 36 calls in four individuals) ranged from 1.03 to 1.85 s (= 1.52 ± 0.21 s) and the call rise time from 0.66 to 1.52 s (= 1.16 ± 0.25 s), with 34-57 notes per call (= 47.42 ± 6.03). Peak frequency ranged from 2250 to 2625 Hz, the dominant frequency from 1317.8 to 3128.0 Hz and interval between notes from 22.00 to 41.00 ms (= 28.63 ± 0.03 ms). From the examination of herpetological collections, morphological and bioacoustical data we extended the species known distribution ca. 200 km eastward, to ten new localities, all of them outside the Quadrilátero Ferrífero region, at the Mantiqueira mountain range. We analyzed color patterns and we find some dorsal patterns not described at the original description of I. izecksohni. We also make some comments concerning the taxonomic status of I. izecksohni and I. nasuta.
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Pirani RM, Mângia S, Santana DJ, Assis BD, Feio RN. Rediscovery, Distribution Extension and Natural History Notes ofHylodes babax(Anura, Hylodidae) with Comments on Southeastern Brazil Biogeography. South American Journal of Herpetology 2010. [DOI: 10.2994/057.005.0202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Rocha EC, Silva E, Feio RN, Martins SV, Lessa G. Densidade populacional de raposa-do-campo Lycalopex vetulus (Carnivora, Canidae) em áreas de pastagem e campo sujo, Campinápolis, Mato Grosso, Brasil. Iheringia, Sér Zool 2008. [DOI: 10.1590/s0073-47212008000100011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Diante da crescente descaracterização do Bioma Cerrado em função da expansão da fronteira agropecuária na região central do Brasil, torna-se importante avaliar a capacidade de adaptação das espécies ao ambiente antropizado. Neste sentido, este trabalho foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de estimar e comparar a densidade populacional da raposa-do-campo Lycalopex vetulus (Lund, 1842) em duas áreas com diferentes graus de alteração, pastagem e campo sujo, em Campinápolis, Mato Grosso. Para tanto, no período entre agosto a novembro de 2005, foram efetuados censos noturnos ao longo de transectos lineares, totalizando percursos de 129,8 km na área de campo sujo e 62,08 km na área de pastagem. Estimativas de densidade populacional foram geradas utilizando o programa Distance 5.0, sendo que o modelo e ajuste mais adequados aos dados foram half-normal + hermite. Foram obtidas 23 e 52 detecções de raposas-do-campo nas áreas de campo sujo e pastagem, respectivamente. A densidade populacional de raposa-do-campo na área de pastagem (D=4,28 indivíduos/km²; IC=2,69 - 6,82) foi maior que na área de campo sujo (D=1,21 indivíduos/km²; IC=0,73 - 2,01), fato que deve estar relacionado, principalmente, com a disponibilidade de alimento e redução de potenciais predadores. Por apresentar uma dieta composta principalmente de cupins, especialmente os dos gêneros Syntermes e Cornitermes, a raposa-do-campo encontra na área de pastagem uma base alimentar abundante e estável. Além disto, a simplificação ambiental, em função da implantação de pastagens acaba por reduzir, ou até mesmo eliminar, animais que são potenciais predadores de raposas-do-campo, como Chrysocyon brachyurus (Illiger, 1815), favorecendo o aumento da densidade populacional da espécie neste tipo de ambiente. Por fim, características adaptativas apresentadas pela raposa-do-campo têm permitido que esta espécie sobreviva, inclusive apresentando elevada densidade populacional, em áreas de pastagem utilizadas para a criação de gado, em Campinápolis, Mato Grosso, onde a vegetação original era Cerrado.
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Cassini CS, Neves CP, Dayrell JS, Cruz CAG, Feio RN. Amphibia, Anura, Dendropsophus ruschii: distribution extension, new state record, and geographic distribution map. cl 2007. [DOI: 10.15560/3.3.190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Nascimento LB, Cruz CA, Feio RN. A new species of Diurnal Frog in the genus Crossodactylus Duméril and Bibron, 1841 (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Southeastern Brazil. AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA 2005. [DOI: 10.1163/156853805774806214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A new species of Crossodactylus, belonging to the C. gaudichaudii species
group, was described from the Municipality of Santa Maria do Salto, in the
Atlantic Rain Forest of the State of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. The
new species was characterised by its: small size; slender body; head being
longer than its width; snout rounded in dorsal view and protruding in
lateral view; skin very granulated on sacral region; males having four to
six keratinized conical spines arranged in a circle on their thumb; inner
tarsal fringe extensively developed; toes extensively fringed on both edges;
and ventral body surface with brownish blotches and short stripes. The
descriptions of advertisement calls and tadpoles are included. Uma nova
espécie de Crossodactylus, pertencente ao grupo de C. gaudichaudii, é
descrita do município de Santa Maria do Salto, na Mata Atlântica do Estado
de Minas Gerais, sudeste do Brasil. A nova espécie é caracterizada pelo
corpo esbelto, cabeça mais longa que larga, focinho arredondado em vista
dorsal e protuso em vista lateral, pele bastante granulada na região sacral,
machos possuindo de quatro a seis espinhos córneos cônicos, dispostos em
círculo no polegar, fimbria tarsal interna bastante desenvolvida, artelhos
bastante fimbriados em ambas as margens e superfície ventral do corpo com
manchas e pequenas faixas amarronzadas. Descrições do canto de anúncio e do
girino são apresentadas.
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Caramaschi U, Feio RN, GuimarÃes-Neto AS. A NEW, BRIGHTLY COLORED SPECIES OF PHYSALAEMUS (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE) FROM MINAS GERAIS, SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL. HERPETOLOGICA 2003. [DOI: 10.1655/02-102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Feio RN, Pombal JP, Caramaschi U, Pombal JP. New Physalaemus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Minas Gerais, Brazil. COPEIA 1999. [DOI: 10.2307/1447394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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