Historical biogeography of the snakes from open landscapes in South America

• Grant number: 13/04170-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): November 01, 2013
• Effective date (End): October 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Jannini Sawaya
• Grantee: Thaís Barreto Guedes da Costa
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Ambientais, Químicas e Farmacêuticas (ICAQF). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Diadema. Diadema , 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
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/18837-7 - Unveiling the hidden limits of species clusters: a cross-methodological approach to identify bioregions of neotropical snakes, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

The organisms show individual geographic distribution patterns that not result of chance. Several past and current events are responsible for the presence of sets of taxa in a given area. The accumulation of events over time makes the reconstruction of the history of the spatial distribution of the biota a complex activity that can be explored in the light of historical biogeography. This approach looks for the correspondence between the phylogenetic relationships of taxa, their geographic distribution and history of Earth. In South America, the diagonal of open landscapes from a broad band stretching from northeastern Brazil to northwestern Argetina including Caatinga, Cerrado, and Chaco. Despite some similarities already detected between these sub-units of the diagonal of open landscapes, there is no consensus about its relations, stressing the importance of historical biogeography studies in these areas. Thus, this project proposes the analysis of the historical relations between the sub-units of the diagonal of open landscapes in South America through geographical data and information on the phylogenetics relationships of snakes. We propose the following specific issues: 1) The Caatinga, Cerrado, and Chaco are a biogeographical unit? 2) What re the historical relationships between these three sub-units in South America? 3) What are the possible geological events and/or modification of the landscape related to the historical connections found between these areas? From these questions, we will test the following hypothesis: common vicariant events between each of the three open areas of South America, Caatinga, Cerrado, and Chaco, and other forested areas make diagonal open a biogeographical area composed, i.e., we expect the Caatinga, Cerrado, and Chaco will not form a natural biogeographical unit. Studies that addressed the history biogeography of the open areas of South America represent a key step towards understanding the evolutionary history of Neotropical biota.

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.; 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. (11/50206-9, 13/04170-8, 12/19858-2)

CITELI, NATHALIE; HAMDAN, BRENO; GUEDES, THAIS. Snake richness in urban forest fragments from Niteroi and surroundings, state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL, v. 4, 2016. (14/18837-7, 13/04170-8)

GONZALEZ, RODRIGO CASTELLARI; GUEDES, THAIS B.; PASSOS, PAULO. Back in time to unlock the future: tracing the type-specimens of Corallus hortulana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpentes: Boidae), with designation of a lectotype for the Amazon tree boa. Zootaxa, v. 4941, n. 2, p. 259-270, MAR 8 2021. (14/18837-7, 13/04170-8)

GUEDES, THAIS B.; BARBO, FAUSTO E.; FRANCA, DANIELLA; ZAHER, HUSSAM. Morphological variation of the rare psammophilous species Apostolepis gaboi (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini). Zootaxa, v. 4418, n. 5, p. 469-480, MAY 10 2018. (11/50206-9, 14/18837-7, 15/05047-0, 13/04170-8)

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)

PEIXOTO, MARCO ANTONIO; GUEDES, THAIS B.; DA SILVA, EMANUEL TEIXEIRA; FEIO, RENATO N.; ROMANO, PEDRO SEYFERTH R.. Biogeographic tools help to assess the effectiveness of protected areas for the conservation of anurans in the Mantiqueira mountain range, Southeastern Brazil. JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION, v. 54, APR 2020. (13/04170-8)

ANTONELLI, ALEXANDRE; ARIZA, MARIA; ALBERT, JAMES; ANDERMANN, TOBIAS; AZEVEDO, JOSUE; BACON, CHRISTINE; FAURBY, SOREN; GUEDES, THAIS; HOORN, CARINA; LOHMANN, LUCIA G.; et al. Conceptual and empirical advances in Neotropical biodiversity research. PeerJ, v. 6, OCT 4 2018. (14/18837-7, 13/04170-8, 12/50260-6, 17/12797-1)

EDLER, DANIEL; GUEDES, THAIS; ZIZKA, ALEXANDER; ROSVALL, MARTIN; ANTONELLI, ALEXANDRE. Infomap Bioregions: Interactive Mapping of Biogeographical Regions from Species Distributions. Systematic Biology, v. 66, n. 2, SI, p. 197-204, MAR 2017. (14/18837-7, 13/04170-8)

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. (11/50206-9, 12/19858-2, 13/04170-8)

ENTIAUSPE-NETO, OMAR M.; KOCH, CLAUDIA; GUEDES, THAIS B.; TIUTENKO, ARTHUR. Revisiting the taxonomic status of Apostolepis sanctaeritae, a forgotten Neotropical dipsadid snake. SALAMANDRA, v. 56, n. 4, p. 329-341, OCT 30 2020. (13/04170-8, 14/18837-7)

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)

BRAZ, HENRIQUE B.; KASPEROVICZUS, KARINA N.; GUEDES, THAIS B.. Reproductive Biology of the Fossorial Snake Apostolepis gaboi (Elapomorphini): A Threatened and Poorly Known Species from the Caatinga Region. South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 14, n. 1, p. 37-47, APR 2019. (14/18837-7, 13/04170-8)

ENTIAUSPE-NETO, OMAR M.; KOCH, CLAUDIA; HARVEY, MICHAEL B.; COLLI, GUARINO R.; GUEDES, THAIS B.. Redescription of Apostolepis ambiniger (Peters, 1869) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Elapomorphini). VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, v. 71, p. 231-251, APR 27 2021. (14/18837-7, 13/04170-8)

ENTIAUSPE-NETO, OMAR M.; GUEDES, THAIS B.; LOEBMANN, DANIEL; DE LEMA, THALES. Taxonomic Status of Two Simultaneously Described Apostolepis Cope, 1862 Species (Dipsadidae: Elapomorphini) from Caatinga Enclaves Moist Forests, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology, v. 54, n. 2, p. 225-234, JUN 2020. (14/18837-7, 13/04170-8)

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)