Graduate in Ciências Biológicas at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1982), master's in Ecology at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1987) and ph.d. in Ecology at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1991). Has experience in Zoology, focusing on Animal Behavior, Ecology, Taxonomy, and Evolution. Acting on the following subjects: anura, amphibia, taxonomy, reproduction, and Natural History (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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| The faithful frog |
| El batracio fiel |
| Los misterios de ser macho o hembra |
| Male or female? The mystery unfolds |
| El efecto protector de la biodiversidad |
| The enemy next door |
| Conviviendo con el enemigo |
| The first steps of a new species |
| Los primeros pasos de las nuevas especies |
| Los primeros pasos de las nuevas especies |
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The unprecedented loss of biodiversity and the imminent threats of climate and environmental changes are among the most important challenges faced by humanity. Biodiversity continues to decline worldwide, mainly in response to urban and agriculture expansion over natural areas. In addition, climate change is projected to commit over one-third of the Earth's animal and plant species to ext…
The Dry Diagonal (DD) contains a number of environments including the Caatinga and Cerrado that span over 1/3 the area of Brazil, as well as the Chaco of northern Argentina. Because of its perceived lower biodiversity for many taxa than in better known biomes such as the Amazon basin and the Atlantic forest, evolutionary processes in the DD have received much less attention from biologis…
The study of the evolutionary processes that originate phenotypic diversity is one of the most important endeavours in biology because it can offer insights into the process of adaptation in natural populations. Colouration patterns are remarkable traits for studying the mutational mechanisms underlying phenotypic diversity and how these affect patterns of evolutionary change. Among verte…
Due to ecological features amphibians are particularly sensitive to environmental changes. Global amphibian declines and associated extinction risk have been worrying specialists and more studies on amphibian diversity are necessary. The Atlantic Forest occurs in a large latitudinal range and exhibits climatic diversity associated to the topographic complexity. Few studies have been evalu…
The degradation of natural ecosystems by human action has generated an unprecedented crisis in the biota of the planet. Besides the environmental deterioration caused by man, through fragmentation, degradation, or complete destruction of ecosystems, there are other serious problems, such as the introduction of exotic species, diseases, pollution / contamination, climate change, and the sy…
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Ceratophryidae is a Neotropical frog family composed of species with adaptations to semi-arid environments. In this family, Ceratophrys is the most diverse and widely distributed genus. There are eight species that are distributed from the north of Venezuela to the center of Argentina. The genus is divided into two clades, of which the clade called C. aurita is composed of C. aurita, C. c…
The genus Scinax contains 129 species divided in two clades: the S. catharinae clade and the S. ruber clade. The S. ruber clade harbors the S. duartei species complex, that comprises four treefrog species endemic of Brazil. Two of these species, S. duartei and S. caldarum, are morphologically very similar species that have never been compared directly in taxonomic works. The lack of a …
Sympatric species are excelente models to study forms of interspecific reproductive isolation, as they are a natural system with co-occurring independently evolving linages. The species of anuran amphibians of Thoropa miliaris group (T. megatympanum, T. miliaris, T. saxatilis, T. taophora) inhabit the Atlantic Forest and campo rupestre and present many lineages, apparently without gene fl…
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One of the consequences of environmental degradation is the discontinuity between terrestrial and aquatic habitats; hereafter habitat split. In Brazil's Atlantic Forest, this phenomenon results in a high proportion of forest fragments without perennial water bodies. This scenario leads to negative impacts on amphibian populations, due to a greater susceptibility to infectious diseases, am…
Studies focused on host-microbiome dynamics have been highlighting the functional role of many of these microorganisms to host health. For example, skin microbiome of amphibians is an important adaptive immune system, increasing the immunological capacity and preventing infectious diseases, like some amphibian skin bacteria inhibit development of frog-killing fungus Batrachochytrium dendr…
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Anuran species of Thoropa miliaris group (T. megatympanum, T. miliaris, T. saxatilis, T. taophora; family Cycloramphidae) live in the Atlantic forest and campo rupestre, in rocky environment like waterfalls, rocky seashores, low flow streams, and humid rocky outcrops. The Thoropa miliaris group is monophyletic and present many lineages, many of them apparently without gene flow, even when…
Amphibians are particularly susceptible to environmental changes and infectious diseases. They are associated with microorganisms producing bioactive molecules that act as a barrier to the colonization of pathogenic agents. Variations in the structure of the amphibian skin microbial communities and their metabolic products (i.e., microbiomes) can have a direct influence on the ability of …
The larynx of anurans is a cartilaginous structure that houses the vocal cords. The sound is produced by vibration of the vocal cords and associated cartilages as the air accumulated in the lungs is expired and moves through the larynx into the buccal cavity. The larynx is of great importance during the reproductive period of anurans, because it is the organ that produces the calls requir…
Polifluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are contaminants of emerging concern that are associated with numerous industrial and consumer products, such as lubricants, adhesives, and surface protectors. PFAS levels have been found in water bodies around the world and numerous experimental studies have demonstrated the toxicity of these contaminants. Aquatic ecosystems and amphibians have been adve…
The study of the evolutionary processes that originate phenotypic diversity can offer insights into the process of adaptation in natural populations. Coloration patterns variation have intrigued scientists for centuries, and among vertebrates amphibians are one of the most interesting groups, exhibiting a vast variation in coloration, whose function has been mainly associated with UV prot…
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