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Reptile surveys reveal high species richness in areas recovering from mining activity in the Brazilian Cerrado

  • Fabrício H. Oda EMAIL logo , Robson W. Ávila , Leandro de O. Drummond , Danusy L. Santos , Priscilla G. Gambale , Vinicius Guerra , Raísa Romênia S. Vieira , Tiago S. Vasconcelos , Rogério P. Bastos and Fausto Nomura
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From the journal Biologia Volume 72 Issue 10

Abstract

Our study determines the reptile species richness, composition, and habitat use in three areas recovering from mining activity in addition to the adjacent pristine and anthropized areas of a priority region for biodiversity conservation of the Brazilian Cerrado. We also compared our data with published surveys on the Cerrado domain in order to identify areas with unique species composition and/or areas where the reptile composition is more homogeneous. The survey was conducted in the municipality of Niquelândia, northern Goiás state, central Brazil, and involved reptile samplings from different physiognomies and water bodies. We found 47 species, including one crocodilian, one chelonian, two amphisbaenians, 17 lizards, and 26 snakes. The list includes 37 species with large geographic distribution, occurring in other morphoclimatic domains, as well as 10 species which are endemic to the Cerrado. Some species recorded for the region are listed in the Appendices I and II of the CITES. Many reptile species were frequently associated with anthropogenic habitats, while others seem to depend on remnants of pristine habitats. Low similarity was found among the 32 sites considered across the Cerrado domain. Ten sites located in Cerrado regions in contact with the adjacent domains have unique reptile composition, whereas most sites largely located in the central area of the domain have reptile communities which are more homogeneous among them. It is important to conduct long-term studies to have patterns of reptile species composition recognized as well as population decline and/or local extinctions and effective reptile conservation actions, with focus on these sites considering their unique species.

Key words: amphisbaenians; biodiversity conservation; chelonian; crocodilian; lizards; reptile communities; snakes

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Anglo American Brasil for having provided both financial and logistical support during the fieldwork. The Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa (FUNAPE) for having granted master’s scholarships to Fabrício H. Oda (2005–2006). We would also like to thank Alexandre Curcino, Breno de Assis, Delano G. Pinheiro, Leonardo A. Guimãraes, Mariana A. C. Sá Lima, Neander M. Heming, and Fábio Carvalho for their field assistance; Wilian Vaz-Silva and Katia Kopp for having helped with the identification of some reptile species, and Cristiano Nogueira for having provided schematic images of the three study sites. Fabrício H. Oda, Danusy L. Santos, Priscilla G. Gambale, and Vinicius G. Batista received fellowships from CAPES. Robson W. Ávila and Rogério P. Bastos would like to thank Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for having provided a research fellowship (process # 303622/2015-6 and process # 304363/2010-3). T. S. Vasconcelos’ research has been supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Saã Paulo (FAPESP: 2011/18510-0). Finally, we would like to thank the Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade/Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Répteis e Anfíbios (ICMBio/RAN) (process #154-05) for providing a collection permit.

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Abbreviations

ACA

adjacent Cerrado areas

ANA

anthropic areas

ARM

areas recovering from mining activity

VSM

visual search method

PTD

pitfall traps with drift-fences method

BA

Bahia state

DF

Distrito Federal

GO

Goiás state

MA

Maranhão state

MG

Minas Gerais state

MS

Mato Grosso do Sul state

MT

Mato Grosso state

PI

Piauí state

SP

São Paulo state

TO

Tocantins state

Received: 2016-7-7
Accepted: 2017-9-2
Published Online: 2017-10-31
Published in Print: 2017-10-26

© 2017 Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences

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