O consumo de quelônios amazônicos, em especial a família Podocnemididae, é considerado uma tradição enraizada na cultura de ribeirinhos, indígenas e populações rurais da região amazônica. Através de entrevistas semiestruturadas e da análise de conteúdo, objetivou-se avaliar a percepção e o perfil socioambiental das pessoas que utilizam e/ou comercializam quelônios amazônicos, intentando nortear diretrizes para ...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:42:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-10-01; The Tocantins-Araguaia Basin is one of the largest river systems in South America, located entirely within Brazilian territory. In the last decades, capital-concentrating activities such as agribusiness, mining, and hydropower promoted extensive changes in land cover, hydrology, and environmental condit...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T08:30:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-05-01; The matamatas (Chelus fimbriata and the recently described Chelus orinocensis) are the largest species in the family Chelidae, easily identified by their distinct morphological characteristics. The matamatas have a wide distribution in South America, occurring in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guya...
We evaluated the usefulness of arboreal pipe refuges for studying Neotropical herpetofauna, by quantifying the effects of microhabitat variables and pipe colouration on pipe occupancy rates. We used fifty five sets of refuges that each comprised three pipes with different colours (white, grey and black). We recorded 122 occupancy events by four hylid and one scincid species. Refuge colour did not significantly ...
Considering the importance of the histological sexing technique of turtles and the few works directed to this objective, it was proposed in this study to morphometrically and histologically characterize the gonads of P. unifilis and P. expansa. All specimens used in this work originated in the Javaés river, around the Araguaia National Park, Tocantins State, Brazil. Following a study under a stereoscope, the go...