Squamate reptiles from Parque Nacional das Emas and surroundings, Cerrado of Central Brazil

By

Valdujo, Paula Hanna
Nogueira, Cristiano
Baumgarten, Leandro
Rodrigues, Flávio Henrique Guimarães
Brandão, Reuber Albuquerque
Eterovic, André
Ramos-Neto, Mário Barroso
Marques, Otávio A.V.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2009-8-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

5

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

405--417

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/5.3.405

 

Abstract

We present a list of squamate reptiles from Parque Nacional da Emas (PNE), ten neighbor private properties and Parque Estadual Nascentes do Rio Taquari, states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, and Mato Grosso do Sul. The study area encompasses the headwaters of Araguaia and Taquari river basins and part of Paranaíba River Basin, resulting in significant habitat heterogeneity. Inside PNE, we recorded 74 squamate species: 47 snakes, 21 lizards and six amphisbaenians. If we consider also the neighboring areas, richness value raises to 87 species: 54 snakes, 27 lizards and six amphisbaenians. From these, 52 % of the lizards, 19 % of the snakes and 33 % of the amphisbaenians are Cerrado endemics. Forest-specialist species are more common outside than inside PNE. Additional species are expected to occur in the PNE region, in view of their known geographical ranges.