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Squamate Reptiles from municipality of Barcarena and surroundings, state of Pará, north of Brazil

2011; Pensoft Publishers; Volume: 7; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15560/7.3.220

1809-127X

Fernanda Magalhães Silva, Alessandro Menks, Ana Lúcia da Costa Prudente, João Carlos Lopes Costa, Alessandra Elisa Melo Travassos, Ulisses Galatti,

Turtle Biology and Conservation

We present the first species list of squamate reptiles of the municipality of Barcarena and surroundings, in state of Pará, north of Brazil. The study area is dominated by secondary florest at different successional stages. The list was drawn up as a result of data obtained from specimens deposited in the Herpetological Collection of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi and inventories of the herpetofauna conducted in the Barcarena region. This list comprises 17 families (Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae; Sauria: Gekkonidae, Gymnophthalmidae, Iguanidae, Phyllodactylidae, Polychrotidae, Scincidae, Sphaerodactylidae, Teiidae, Tropiduridae; Serpentes: Aniliidae, Boidae, Colubridae, Dipsadidae, Elapidae, Typhlopidae and Viperidae), 44 genera and 59 species of squamate reptiles.