The Jaguaribe River is the largest watercourse in Ceará, one of the semi-arid states of northeastern Brazil in which the effects of sazonal droughts are most significant. To manage the water scarcity, the Government has tried to perpetuate hydrographic basins, including the Jaguaribe River basin. Since the 1960s, the elaboration of policies and the construction of reservoirs have encouraged the beginning of irr...
Philodryas nattereriis a snake known popularly as field-runner or board, founded in regions of caatinga and in the Brazilian semiarid region. These snakes have a well-developed Duvernoy gland, connected to a grooved tooth, specialized for toxin inoculation. The work aimed to perform the histological characterization of the Duvernoy gland of the P. nattererisnake. For the study, four pairs of animal glands from ...
Based on both unique morphological characteristics of the gamont, distinct changes caused to the host erythrocyte and analysis of partial 18S rRNA gene sequences, a new parasite of the genus Hepatozoon Miller, 1908 is described from the snake Philodryas nattereri Steindachner (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in northeastern Brazil. The new species, Hepatozoon musa n. sp., is characterized by large and curved mature gamon...
O Núcleo de Ofiologia da Universidade Federal do Ceará (NUROF-UFC) é um núcleo de pesquisa ligado ao Centro de Ciências da UFC, que realiza trabalhos na área de extensão, aplicando a educação ambiental para a preservação das serpentes e prevenção de acidentes envolvendo esses animais. Além das palestras para estudantes de todos os níveis, também realiza cursos e palestras específicos para técnicos de várias áre...
O Núcleo Regional de Ofiologia da Universidade Federal do Ceará (NUROF-UFC) realiza diversos projetos de extensão, sendo o mais antigo o projeto direcionado às visitas das comunidades estudantis, na qual são realizadas palestras de divulgação científica e educação ambiental em herpetologia (estudo dos anfíbios e répteis) para estudantes de ensino fundamental, médio e superior. As atividades são divididas em uma...
Snake venoms are composed of complex active substances, most of them of protein nature, causing various effects on humans and domestic animals and can lead to death. Philodryas nattereri is a native snake Ceara region, found throughout the state. This study aimed to know the morphological and physiological changes in mouse skin after inoculation with the total venom this serpente. The animals were divided into ...