Conservation biogeography of Brazilian snakes

• Grant number: 12/19858-2
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): February 01, 2013
• Effective date (End): January 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology
• Principal researcher: Hussam El Dine Zaher
• Grantee: Cristiano de Campos Nogueira
• Home Institution: Museu de Zoologia (MZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/50206-9 - Origin and evolution of snakes and their diversification in the Neotropics: a multidisciplinary approach, AP.BTA.TEM

Abstract

Studies on distribution patterns are critical tools for interpreting and conserving biodiversity. Such studies are even more relevant and urgent in regions combining high biological complexity, high anthropogenic pressure and great gaps in current biological knowledge. General distribution patterns and their coincidence with threat factors are still poorly studied in reptiles, the least studied tetrapod group in terms of biogegraphy and conservation. In snakes, the richest and most ecologically diverse group of reptiles, there are few reliable syntheses on distribution and threat factors across the globe. Although Brazil harbors at least 370 described snake species, studies on distribution and conservation of these organisms are still lacking. The present project aims to gather a revised point locality database of Brazilian snakes, and, based on this revised point locality compilation, produce revised estimates of potential distribution, detect and describe general biogeographic patterns and discuss threat levels according to range size and habitat loss in this group of organisms. In order to study the effects of anthropogenic threats, levels of habitat loss will be quantified across the range of each species. Basic biogeographical units in the Brazilian snake fauna will also be described, testing the predictions of the vicariant mode of diversification on snake distribution patterns. The effects of current habitat loss will also be measured across these different biogeographic units. The results of the present project will be included in ongoing studies on diversity and evolution of Neotropical snakes, and will also support the revision of the Brazilian redlist of threatened species and the global list of threatened species, compiled by IUCN. (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)

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.; BUONONATO, MARCUS A.; CISNEROS-HEREDIA, DIEGO F.; COLLI, GUARINO R.; COSTA, HENRIQUE C.; FRANCO, FRANCISCO; GIRAUDO, ALEJANDRO R.; GONZALEZ, RODRIGO C.; GUEDES, THAIS; HOOGMOED, MARINUS S.; MARQUES, V, OTAVIO A.; MONTINGELLI, GIOVANNA G.; PASSOS, PAULO; PRUDENTE, ANA L. C.; RIVAS, GILSON A.; SANCHEZ, PAOLA M.; SERRANO, FILIPE; SILVA JR, NELSON J.; STRUSSMANN, CHRISTINE; VIEIRA-ALENCAR, JOAO PAULO S.; ZAHER, HUSSAM; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.; MARTINS, MARCIO. 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. Web of Science Citations: 1.

PIATTI, LILIANA; ROSAUER, DAN F.; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE C.; STRUSSMANN, CHRISTINE; FERREIRA, VANDA LUCIA; MARTINS, MARCIO. Snake diversity in floodplains of central South America: Is flood pulse the principal driver?. ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, v. 97, p. 34-41, MAY 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

ROLL, URI; FELDMAN, ANAT; NOVOSOLOV, MARIA; ALLISON, ALLEN; BAUER, AARON M.; BERNARD, RODOLPHE; BOHM, MONIKA; CASTRO-HERRERA, FERNANDO; CHIRIO, LAURENT; COLLEN, BEN; COLLI, GUARINO R.; DABOOL, LITAL; DAS, INDRANEIL; DOAN, TIFFANY M.; GRISMER, LEE L.; HOOGMOED, MARINUS; ITESCU, YUVAL; KRAUS, FRED; LEBRETON, MATTHEW; LEWIN, AMIR; MARTINS, MARCIO; MAZA, EREZ; MEIRTE, DANNY; NAGY, ZOLTAN T.; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE C.; PAUWELS, OLIVIER S. G.; PINCHEIRA-DONOSO, DANIEL; POWNEY, GARY D.; SINDACO, ROBERTO; TALLOWIN, OLIVER J. S.; TORRES-CARVAJAL, OMAR; TRAPE, JEAN-FRANCOIS; VIDAN, ENAV; UETZ, PETER; WAGNER, PHILIPP; WANG, YUEZHAO; ORME, C. DAVID L.; GRENYER, RICHARD; MEIRI, SHAI. The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, v. 1, n. 11, p. 1677-1682, NOV 2017. Web of Science Citations: 54.

AZEVEDO, JOSUE A. R.; VALDUJO, PAULA H.; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE C. Biogeography of anurans and squamates in the Cerrado hotspot: coincident endemism patterns in the richest and most impacted savanna on the globe. Journal of Biogeography, v. 43, n. 12, p. 2454-2464, DEC 2016. Web of Science Citations: 11.

FELDMAN, ANAT; BAUER, AARON M.; CASTRO-HERRERA, FERNANDO; CHIRIO, LAURENT; DAS, INDRANEIL; DOAN, TIFFANY M.; MAZA, EREZ; MEIRTE, DANNY; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE CAMPOS; NAGY, ZOLTAN TAMAS; TORRES-CARVAJAL, OMAR; UETZ, PETER; MEIRI, SHAI. The geography of snake reproductive mode: a global analysis of the evolution of snake viviparity. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, v. 24, n. 12, p. 1433-1442, DEC 2015. Web of Science Citations: 12.

DE MELLO, PIETRO L. H.; MACHADO, RICARDO B.; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE C. Conserving Biogeography: Habitat Loss and Vicariant Patterns in Endemic Squamates of the Cerrado Hotspot. PLoS One, v. 10, n. 8 AUG 7 2015. Web of Science Citations: 3.

FENKER, JESSICA; TEDESCHI, LEONARDO G.; PYRON, ROBERT ALEXANDER; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE C. Phylogenetic diversity, habitat loss and conservation in South American pitvipers (Crotalinae: Bothrops and Bothrocophias). DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, v. 20, n. 10, p. 1108-1119, OCT 2014. Web of Science Citations: 16.

GUEDES, THAIS B.; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO; MARQUES, OTAVIO A. V. Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 3863, n. 1, p. 1-93, SEP 19 2014. Web of Science Citations: 18.

MUNIZ LEAO, SUELEM; PELEGRIN, NICOLAS; DE CAMPOS NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO; BRANDAO, REUBER ALBUQUERQUE. Natural History of Bothrops itapetiningae Boulenger, 1907 (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), an Endemic Species of the Brazilian Cerrado. Journal of Herpetology, v. 48, n. 3, p. 324-331, SEP 2014. Web of Science Citations: 4.

GUEDES, THAIS B.; SAWAYA, RICARDO J.; NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO DE C. Biogeography, vicariance and conservation of snakes of the neglected and endangered Caatinga region, north-eastern Brazil. Journal of Biogeography, v. 41, n. 5, p. 919-931, MAY 2014. Web of Science Citations: 20.