Biogeography, biodiversity and conservation of cis-Andean squamate reptiles

• Grant number: 15/20215-7
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• Duration: July 01, 2016 - August 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Cristiano de Campos Nogueira
• Grantee: Cristiano de Campos Nogueira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Daniel Frederick Rosauer ; Fausto Erritto Barbo ; Hussam El Dine Zaher ; Josué Anderson Rêgo Azevedo ; Marcio Roberto Costa Martins ; Marco Antônio Ribeiro Júnior ; Ricardo Jannini Sawaya ; Richard Grenyer ; Shai Meiri
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/09734-5 - Biogeography, Biodiversity and Conservation of Cisandean Squamate Reptiles, BP.JP

Abstract

The high diversity and complex distribution of megadiverse faunas have attracted scientific attention since the early stages of biogeography and evolutionary biology. Despite the early progress in documenting global biotic regionalization patterns, megadiverse regions of the globe remain relatively poorly studied, regardless of the urgency in documenting biogeographical patterns in times of rampant biodiversity crisis. Most available data for global biodiversity analyses are based on avian, mammalian and amphibian distributions. Persistent knowledge gaps in global reptilian distribution hamper broader analyses and general conclusions on biogeographical and macroecological patterns within tetrapods. Despite recent advances in mapping squamate faunas within large cis-andean ecoregions, there are no syntheses and broad analyses on diversity and endemism patterns of Neotropical squamates. Thus, general distribution patterns and their underlying evolutionary processes remain poorly investigated in the richest squamate faunas on the planet. The first aim of this project is to map cis-andean squamate species, filling a persistent gap in global biodiversity knowledge. Based on these revised and detailed distributions, we will document and interpret spatial varations in endemism and phylogenetic diversity, testing if these key biogoegraphical patterns are properly represented in the current protected area system. At broader scales, cis-andean squamate megadiversity will be analysed within the context of global reptilian distributions, testing general biogeographical and macroecological patterns within tetrapods. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GUEDES, THAIS B.; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.; ZIZKA, ALEXANDER; LAFFAN, SHAWN; FAURBY, SOREN; PYRON, R. ALEXANDER; BERNILS, RENATO S.; JANSEN, MARTIN; PASSOS, PAULO; PRUDENTE, ANA L. C.; et al. Patterns, biases and prospects in the distribution and diversity of Neotropical snakes. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, v. 27, n. 1, p. 14-21, JAN 2018. (13/04170-8, 11/50206-9, 14/23677-9, 15/20215-7, 14/18837-7)

CABREIRINHA SERRANO, FILIPE ALEXANDRE; DOS SANTOS VIEIRA-ALENCAR, JOAO PAULO; DIAZ-RICAURTE, JUAN CAMILO; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE CAMPOS. Mapping local and regional distribution of Lygophis paucidens Hoge, 1952 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), an elusive snake from the sandy savannas of Brazil and Paraguay. Check List, v. 16, n. 1, p. 7-pg., 2020-01-01. (15/20215-7)

VIEIRA-ALENCAR, JOAO PAULO S.; BOLOCHIO, BRUNA E.; CARMIGNOTTO, ANA PAULA; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO; VALDUJO, PAULA HANNA; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE CAMPOS; NORI, JAVIER. How habitat loss and fragmentation are reducing conservation opportunities for vertebrates in the most threatened savanna of the World. PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 21, n. 2, p. 7-pg., 2023-05-23. (98/05075-7, 17/23548-2, 02/00015-3, 11/20022-3, 20/12658-4, 00/06642-4, 16/09734-5, 15/20215-7, 07/51956-6)

SERRANO, FILIPE C.; VIEIRA-ALENCAR, JOAO PAULO DOS SANTOS; DIAZ-RICAURTE, JUAN C.; VALDUJO, PAULA H.; MARTINS, MARCIO; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE CAMPOS. The Wallacean Shortfall and the role of historical distribution records in the conservation assessment of an elusive Neotropical snake in a threatened landscape. JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION, v. 72, p. 8-pg., 2023-01-31. (20/12658-4, 15/20215-7)

AVILA-PIRES, TERESA C. S.; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE C.; MARTINS, MARCIO. A new 'horned' Stenocercus from the highlands of southeastern Brazil, and redescription of Stenocercus tricristatus (Reptilia: Tropiduridae). ZOOLOGIA, v. 36, p. 16-pg., 2019-05-14. (11/50206-9, 15/20215-7)

TERESA C. S. ÁVILA-PIRES; CRISTIANO DE C. NOGUEIRA; MARCIO MARTINS. A new ‘horned’ Stenocercus from the highlands of southeastern Brazil, and redescription of Stenocercus tricristatus (Reptilia: Tropiduridae). Zoologia, v. 36, 2019-06-06. (15/20215-7, 11/50206-9)

AVILA-PIRES, TERESA C. S.; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE C.; MARTINS, MARCIO. A new `horned' Stenocercus from the highlands of southeastern Brazil, and redescription of Stenocercus tricristatus (Reptilia: Tropiduridae). Zoologia, v. 36, MAY 14 2019. (11/50206-9, 15/20215-7)

NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO C.; ARGOLO, ANTONIO J. S.; ARZAMENDIA, VANESA; AZEVEDO, JOSUE A.; BARBO, FAUSTO E.; BERNILS, RENATO S.; BOLOCHIO, BRUNA E.; BORGES-MARTINS, MARCIO; BRASIL-GODINHO, MARCELA; BRAZ, HENRIQUE B.; et al. Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna. South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 14, n. 1, p. S1-S274, DEC 2019. (15/21259-8, 11/50206-9, 14/18837-7, 18/15926-0, 14/23677-9, 12/09156-0, 18/14091-1, 13/04170-8, 12/19858-2, 15/20215-7)

BARBO, FAUSTO E.; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE C.; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.. Vicariance and regionalization patterns in snakes of the South American Atlantic Forest megadiverse hotspot. Journal of Biogeography, v. 48, n. 4, DEC 2020. (12/09156-0, 14/23677-9, 15/20215-7)

AZEVEDO, JOSUE A. R.; GUEDES, THAIS B.; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE C.; PASSOS, PAULO; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.; PRUDENTE, ANA L. C.; BARBO, FAUSTO E.; STRUSSMANN, CHRISTINE; FRANCO, FRANCISCO L.; ARZAMENDIA, VANESA; et al. Museums and cradles of diversity are geographically coincident for narrowly distributed Neotropical snakes. ECOGRAPHY, v. 43, n. 2, NOV 2019. (11/50206-9, 13/04170-8, 14/23677-9, 15/20215-7)

ROLL, URI; FELDMAN, ANAT; NOVOSOLOV, MARIA; ALLISON, ALLEN; BAUER, AARON M.; BERNARD, RODOLPHE; BOHM, MONIKA; CASTRO-HERRERA, FERNANDO; CHIRIO, LAURENT; COLLEN, BEN; et al. The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, v. 1, n. 11, p. 1677-1682, NOV 2017. (11/50206-9, 12/19858-2, 15/20215-7)

COX, NEIL; YOUNG, BRUCE E.; BOWLES, PHILIP; FERNANDEZ, MIGUEL; MARIN, JULIE; RAPACCIUOLO, GIOVANNI; BOHM, MONIKA; BROOKS, THOMAS M.; HEDGES, S. BLAIR; HILTON-TAYLOR, CRAIG; et al. A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods. Nature, v. 605, n. 7909, p. 21-pg., 2022-05-12. (20/12658-4, 15/20215-7)

NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO C.; ARGOLO, ANTONIO J. S.; ARZAMENDIA, VANESA; AZEVEDO, JOSUE A.; BARBO, FAUSTO E.; BERNILS, RENATO S.; BOLOCHIO, BRUNA E.; BORGES-MARTINS, MARCIO; BRASIL-GODINHO, MARCELA; BRAZ, HENRIQUE B.; et al. Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna. South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 14, p. 274-pg., 2019-12-01. (12/19858-2, 18/15926-0, 13/04170-8, 12/09156-0, 18/14091-1, 11/50206-9, 14/18837-7, 15/20215-7, 14/23677-9, 15/21259-8)

ZIZKA, ALEXANDER; CARVALHO, FERNANDA ANTUNES; CALVENTE, ALICE; BAEZ-LIZARAZO, MABEL ROCIO; CABRAL, ANDRESSA; RAMOS COELHO, JESSICA FERNANDA; COLLI-SILVA, MATHEUS; FANTINATI, MARIANA RAMOS; FERNANDES, MOABE F.; FERREIRA-ARAUJO, THAIS; et al. No one-size-fits-all solution to clean GBIF. PeerJ, v. 8, p. 22-pg., 2020-09-28. (15/20215-7)