Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga I: Raso da Catarina Ecological Station (Bahia, Brazil)

By

Garda, Adrian Antonio
Costa, Taís Borges
Roberto Dos Santos-Silva, Carlos
Mesquita, Daniel Oliveira
Faria, Renato Gomes
Conceião, Breno Moura Da
Soares Da Silva, Izabel Regina
Ferreira, Anthony Santana
Rocha, Stephanie Menezes
Palmeira, Cristiane Nikely Silva
Rodrigues, Ricardo
Ferrari, Stephen F.
Torquato, Selma

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013-4-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

9

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

405--414

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/9.2.405

 

Abstract

We provide a list of amphibian and squamate species collected in the Raso da Catarina Ecological Station, Bahia state, Brazil, during two distinct periods. An initial visual inventory of amphibians was conducted monthly from March 2010 to February 2011, using transects in a forest and temporary ponds. The second inventory was conducted over a 30-day period between March and April, 2012, when 37 pitfall trap arrays, each consisting of four buckets and supplementary glue traps, were set in low scrub and forest, complemented by opportunistic searches. A total of 19 lizard species, two amphisbaenians, 21 frogs, and 11 snakes were recorded during the study. New records for the protected area include 10 lizards, one amphisbaenian, 15 amphibians, and 11 snakes (36 species in total). Several species typical of the Atlantic Forest were collected, reflecting the potential influence of this biome, especially in the sampled forest habitats (Mata da Pororoca).