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Climbing and swallowing: new food item in the diet of Boiruna sertaneja Zaher, ...
Andrade-Oliveira, John Allyson; Ramos, Antônio Rafael Lima; de Castro, Deborah PracianoObservations on the natural history of snakes, including their food items and behavior, are essential for increasing the basic knowledge about species. Here we report the encounter of a Pseudoboini snake, Boiruna sertaneja, feeding on an individual of Philodryas nattereri on an unnatural perch elevated two meters above ground level. This is the first record of predation by B. sertaneja on P. nattereri, which in...
First record of the rare snake Cercophis auratus (Schlegel, 1837) (Serpentes: C...
Bezerra, Castiele Holanda; Guilhon, Bruno Ferreira; Ramos, Antônio Rafael Lima; Nojosa, Diva Maria BorgesCercophis auratus is a rare snake with known disjunct distribution between coastal Atlantic Forest to eastern Amazonia and Guiana Shield. Here we provide a new record of this species from a relictual highland of rainforest inside the xeric Caatinga ecoregion. This new record fill a gap of 1700 kilometers between southern (Barra do Choça – BA) and northern (Augusto Corrêa – PA) in the distribution of C. auratus ...
A caatinga dos lagartos anões: uso de espécies arbóreas como habitat por Lygoda...
Ramos, Antônio Rafael LimaLizards are the most diverse group among reptiles. This diversity results in the presence of these animals in the most varied habitat types, which are used as shelter, pro tection against predators and as a food source. The arboreal habitat is distinguished from the others by its high complexity, reflecting a wide variety of physical attributes presented by different plant species. However, the sharing of these...
Aspectos reprodutivos do molusco bivalve anomalocardia brasiliana ao longo do l...
Ramos, Antônio Rafael Lima; Marinho, Reynaldo AmorimHabitantes da infauna, a espécie Anomalocardia brasiliana, molusco bivalve pertencente à família Vineridae, apresenta-se como indivíduos dioicos, não apresentando características externas ou internas visíveis que permitam a diferenciação entre os sexos, diferença possível de ser constatada apenas a nível gonadal. Possui sistema reprodutor simples, no qual sofre alterações no ciclo reprodutivo de acordo com os f...