HERPETOFAUNA FROM AN ATLANTIC FOREST FRAGMENT IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL

Autor(es)

Lisboa, Cybele S. ^[1] ; Vaz, I, Renata ; Malagoli, Leo R. ^[2] ; Barbo, Fausto E. ^[3] ; Venturini, Rachel C. ^[1] ; Brasileiro, Cinthia A. ^[4]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Fundacao Parque Zool Sdo Paulo, Setor Repteis Anfibios & Invertebrados, BR-04301905 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Fundacao Conservacao & Prod Florestal Estado Sao, Parque Estadual Serra Mar, Nucleo Sao Sebastiao, BR-11600000 Sao Sebastiao - Brazil

^[3] Inst Butantan, Lab Colecoes Zool LCZ, BR-05503900 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[4] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Ecol & Biol Evolut, BR-09972270 Diadema - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Herpetological Conservation and Biology; v. 16, n. 2, p. 436-451, AUG 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Habitat loss via urbanization is a cause of decline for reptile and amphibian species around the world. The Atlantic Forest is the second largest rainforest of South America and holds one of the most extraordinary herpetofauna in the world, even after decades of fragmentation. The Parque Estadual das Fontes do 1piranga (PEFI) is one of the most important remnants of Atlantic Forest inside the city of Sao Paulo (Brazil), but its herpetofauna richness has not been studied. Between 2011 and 2014, we carried out a herpetofaunal inventory in the PER and made notes on habitat use by using pitfall traps with drift fences combined with acoustic and visual encounter surveys. We also collected data from opportunistic encounters and historical information from scientific collections. We found that the PER harbors 22 native species of anurans, 24 native species of reptiles, and three exotic species of reptiles. Also, through surveying scientific collections, we found three species of amphibians and one of the snakes that were detected in the past but were not detected during our survey. The composition of amphibian species in the PER is similar to proximal small urban and periurban Atlantic Forest fragments, but its species richness is higher than these fragments even when compared to areas with similar or larger size. In conclusion, the highly urban PEFI supports considerable herpetofaunal diversity in comparison with other regional areas and our data reinforce the necessity of conserving this and other urban forest fragments through strategic management across the Atlantic Forest. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 13/50741-7 - Diversidade e conservação dos anfíbios brasileiros
• Beneficiário: Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 14/23677-9 - Novas abordagens de ecologia e conservação: diversidade filogenética e funcional de anfíbios e serpentes da Mata Atlântica brasileira
• Beneficiário: Ricardo Jannini Sawaya
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular