Bruno Ferreto Fiorillo

As a biologist and researcher, I am interested in gathering natural history information and in understanding the effects of landscape variations on vertebrates. I have started my career at Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) studying anuran natural history. After graduating in Biological Sciences, I worked as technician at the Chico Mendes Institute (ICMBio) during 2012, where I took part in the assessment of the conservation status of Brazilian snake species and participated in the publication of the red book of Brazilian threatened species, published in 2018. Later, I acquired my MSc in animal biology (also at UNESP). Although my dissertation focused on the ecology and natural history of a snake assemblage from the Atlantic Forest in the Southeast region of Brazil, I also investigated the same topics of the local amphibian assemblage. During my Ph.D. in Applied Ecology (at Universidade de São Paulo) I investigated the relationship between vegetation complexity and the diversity of Squamates in an area of the Cerrado. Now as the founder of Herp Trips, I aim to share my experiences in the herpetological world with people. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)