Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga II: Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí, Brazil

By

Cavalcanti, Lucas Barbosa De Queiroga
Costa, Taís Borges
Colli, Guarino Rinaldi
Costa, Gabriel Corrêa
França, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues
Mesquita, Daniel Oliveira
Palmeira, Cristiane Nikely Silva
Pelegrin, Nicolás
Soares, Ana Hermínia Bello
Tucker, Derek B.
Garda, Adrian Antonio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014-2-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

10

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

18--27

Subjects

Conservation , herptofauna , inventory

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/10.1.18

 

Abstract

We provide a list of amphibians, lizards, chelonians, and snakes collected during a 30-day expedition to the Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil. Thirty-seven pitfall trap arrays composed of 4 buckets each, along with glue traps, funnel traps, and haphazard searches, were used to sample the herpetofaunal diversity. We recorded 17 species of lizards, 1 caecilian, 1 chelonian, 7 frogs, and 11 snakes. Rarefaction curves suggest that local biodiversity is still underestimated. An atypical drought during the period of study may have contributed to lower captures of certain groups, especially amphibians and snakes. The presence of water-dependent and forest-dependent species within local canyons (“Boqueirões”) suggests that these areas harbor faunas associated with relictual rainforest fragments and need to be better studied and managed accordingly.