Can fieldwork driven by predictive species distribution models yield new rare or relevant geographic records? A case study with Neotropical snakes

Autor(es)

Entiauspe-Neto, Omar M. ; Dervanoski, Darlan ; Abegg, Arthur Diesel

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: AUSTRAL ECOLOGY; v. 49, n. 12, p. 16-pg., 2024-12-01.

Resumo

Understanding species distribution patterns has been a major quest in biodiversity research. Due to their secretive habits and rarity, snakes have been historically underrepresented in assessments of geographic distribution range. In this work, we employ a pipeline for predictive model-based species sampling, using Neotropical snakes as a model organism. We employ species distribution models based on verified point records for five candidate snake species of probable occurrence to Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil: Apostolepis dimidiata (Jan 1862), Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Linnaeus 1758), Helicops leopardinus (Schlegel 1837), Lygophis meridionalis (Schenkel 1901), and Micrurus corallinus (Merrem 1820). Based on the resulting models, we conducted fieldwork on areas with higher overlap of suitable ranges and probability of new records. Our study yields a new state record of A. dimidiata to Rio Grande do Sul and highlights the usefulness of species distribution models in eliciting priority areas for faunal assessments. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/50127-5 - Dimensions US-BIOTA São Paulo: scales of biodiversity: integrated studies of snake venom evolution and function across multiple levels of diversity
• Beneficiário: Inácio de Loiola Meirelles Junqueira de Azevedo
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 21/13671-7 - Assistência para trabalhos de campo para coleta de espécimes, venenos e glândulas - com enfoque na região extremo sul do país
• Beneficiário: Omar Machado Entiauspe Neto
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Programa Capacitação - Treinamento Técnico
• Processo FAPESP: 22/12660-4 - Recuperação, modernização e expansão da coleção herpetológica do Instituto Butantan através de estudos integrativos sobre sistemática e evolução de serpentes neotropicais
• Beneficiário: Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Jovens Pesquisadores