The rediscovery of Pimelodella longipinnis (Borodin, 1927), an enigmatic Atlantic Rainforest catfish species from Southeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)

This article is a redescription of Pimelodella longipinnis, an enigmatic catfish previously known only from its holotype and with uncertain type locality. The species is redescribed based on recently collected materials from streams of the Mata Atlântica bioregion, in Santos municipality, São Paulo State, Brazil. Pimelodella longipinnis is assigned to a putatively monophyletic group, the Pimelodella leptosoma-group, diagnosed by the presence of a supraoccipital process not reaching the anterior nuchal plate, with a gap of ca. 20-25% of the supraoccipital process total length, and whose tip notably surpasses the midpoint of the complex vertebra in dorsal view. We also present a list of fish species described from a shipping sent to the American Museum of Natural History from the former Museu Paulista (now Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo), of which P. longipinnis was part.

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Composition and natural history of a Cerrado snake assemblage at Itirapina, São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/s1676-06032008000200015 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 127-149 ◽

Cited By ~ 53

Author(s):

Ricardo Jannini Sawaya ◽

Otavio Augusto Vuolo Marques ◽

Marcio Martins

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

São Paulo ◽

Field Sampling ◽

Paulo State ◽

Extensive Field ◽

History Of ◽

São Paulo State ◽

Scientific Collections

Neotropical snake assemblages present high species richness and complex structures. The Cerrado is the second largest biome in Brazil, and was included among the 25 World's biodiversity hotspots. In southeastern Brazil, the remnant Cerrado areas have suffered intense destruction, and presently less than 2% of Cerrado natural vegetation remain in São Paulo state. Virtually no detailed study on Cerrado snakes was carried out in this region. The Itirapina region has one of the last well preserved remnants of open cerrado in São Paulo state. Our purpose in this work was the study of natural history and composition of the Cerrado snakes of Itirapina region. We performed an extensive field sampling combining six sampling methods in Estação Ecológica de Itirapina and disturbed Cerrado areas in its surroundings (municipalities of Itirapina and Brotas), during 101 trips throughout 43 months, between September 1998 and March 2002, corresponding to 446 days of field sampling. We also collected additional data from museum specimens housed in scientific collections. We present data on size, general abundance, habitat and macrohabitat use, daily and seasonal activity, feeding, reproduction, and defense. We also compared the Itirapina snake assemblage with nine snake assemblages of Brazil, from Amazonia, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, and other open habitats. We recorded a total of 36 snake species among 755 individuals found in the field and six records from scientific collections and literature, belonging to 25 genera and five families. The snake assemblage comparisons indicate that the Cerrado has its own identity regarding the snake composition. Although small (about 2,300 ha), the Estação Ecológica de Itirapina encompasses well preserved and representative Cerrado physiognomic forms, which harbors a rich and typical Cerrado snake fauna. The occurrence of some species only inside the reserve also indicates that the Estação Ecológica de Itirapina is of fundamental importance to the maintenance of Cerrado biodiversity.

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A new species of Ischnocnema from highlands of the Atlantic Forest, Southeastern Brazil (Terrarana, Brachycephalidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2617.1.2 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2617 (1) ◽

pp. 55 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

ITAMAR A. MARTINS ◽

CÉLIO F. B. HADDAD

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Natural History ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Dorsal View ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Lateral View ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Advertisement Call ◽

São Paulo ◽

A New Species

A new species of Ischnocnema is described from Serra da Mantiqueira, Municipality of Campos do Jordão, State of São Paulo, Brazil. The new species is a member of the Ischnocnema lactea Species Series. The new species differs from other species in the Ischnocnema lactea Species Series by its small size, snout sub-elliptical in dorsal view and acuminate-rounded in lateral view, and advertisement call. Descriptions of the dorsal coloration, advertisement call, and natural history are presented.

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Redescription of the tadpole of rare Giant Torrent Frog Megaelosia boticariana Giaretta & Aguiar, 1998 (Anura, Hylodidae) with comments on natural history

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4896.1.9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4896 (1) ◽

pp. 140-144

Author(s):

GUILHERME SICHIERI ◽

MATHEUS DE TOLEDO MOROTI ◽

FABIANA R. COSTA ◽

EDELCIO MUSCAT ◽

IVAN NUNES

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Type Locality ◽

Atlantic Rainforest ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

History Data ◽

Paulo State ◽

Lack Of Information ◽

Frog Species ◽

Single Larva

The Hylodidae genus Megaelosia Miranda-Ribeiro comprises seven frog species that inhabit the Atlantic Rainforest in Southeastern Brazil (Da Silva et al. 2018). Larvae and adults of Hylodidae are commonly associated with lotic streams (Giaretta et al. 1993; Silva-Soares et al. 2015). Tadpoles of all Megaelosia species but Megaelosia bocainensis Giaretta, Bokemann & Haddad are formally described, even though many of these descriptions are restricted to few lines and several anatomical details were overlooked (e.g., Megaelosia lutzae; Izecksohn & Gouvêa 1985). The tadpole of M. boticariana was briefly described by Giaretta & Aguiar (1998) based on a single larva with no measurements or figures. Currently, M. boticariana is only known from its type locality and São Francisco Xavier, both in São Paulo state portion of the Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil (Muscat et al. 2020). The lack of information, coupled with the rarity of the species, reinforces the importance of taxonomic and natural history data to subside works on other fields. In this context, we present a complete redescription of the external anatomy of the tadpoles of M. boticariana and comment on their natural history.

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Phylogenetic, taxonomical and functional diversity and the structure of anurans communities in coastal plains of São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil

10.47749/t/unicamp.2014.936763 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Thiago Augusto Pires

Keyword(s):

Functional Diversity ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

São Paulo ◽

Coastal Plains ◽

Paulo State ◽

São Paulo State

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Human disease in ribeira valley, brazil caused by caraparu, a group c arbovirus - Report of a case

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo ◽

10.1590/s0036-46651987000200009 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 112-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Lygia Busch Iversson ◽

Amélia P. A. Travassos da Rosa ◽

Terezinha Lisieux M. Coimbra ◽

Ivani Bisordi Ferreira ◽

Elza da Silva Nassar

Keyword(s):

Human Disease ◽

Laboratory Data ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Antigenic Relationship ◽

São Paulo ◽

Antigenic Difference ◽

Serological Tests ◽

Paulo State ◽

São Paulo State

The clinical and laboratory data of a disease in a resident of Ribeira Valley, São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil, caused by an agent close or identical to Caraparu, a Group C arbovirus, was described. Although there is evidence of an intensive circulation of several arboviruses in the area, no diagnosis of human disease by these agents has been made, except the encephalitis cases caused by Rocio virus during an epidemic in 1975-1977. An antigenic difference between Caraparu strains isolated in São Paulo and in Pará States and a close antigenic relationship between Caraparu strain from São Paulo and Bruconha virus were suggested by the serological tests.

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Amphibians and reptiles of the Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR), SP: an Atlantic Forest remnant of Southeastern Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/s1676-06032010000400031 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 257-274 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Cybele de Oliveira Araujo ◽

Thais Helena Condez ◽

Rafael Parelli Bovo ◽

Fernanda da Cruz Centeno ◽

Amom Mendes Luiz

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Legal Protection ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Mountain Range ◽

São Paulo ◽

The South ◽

Paulo State ◽

Forest Remnant ◽

São Paulo State

The herpetofauna of São Paulo State, Brazil, can be characterized as the most well-known in the country. However, despite the large number of studies in this area, there are still many sampling gaps within biomes such as the Atlantic Forest that are considered global conservation priorities due to the high rate of endemism and human disturbance. As a result of political and historical pressure, this biome has been reduced to less than 12% of its original extent and, despite its importance for global biodiversity conservation, only a small percentage of its original vegetation cover (1%) has some form of legal protection. This is the case of the Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR) which, together with the Parque Estadual de Intervales, Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho and Mosaico de Unidades de Conservação de Jacupiranga, forms of an ombrophilous forest continuum of 360 thousand ha in the south of São Paulo State. This study presents a list of amphibians and reptiles from the PETAR, with information on the local distribution and habitat use of the species. The survey was conducted from October to December 2009, completing a total of 15 sampling days using four complementary methods of active sampling: visual encounters, auditory encounters, searches by car and incidental encounters. We recorded a total of 91 species belonging to 53 genera and 24 families. This high diversity can be attributed to the existence of a wide variety of habitats and microhabitats in this region, such as the various aquatic sites used by many species of anuran amphibians. Moreover, the PETAR features a large altitudinal gradient (80 - 1,160 m elevation) that gives a large climatic, geological and hydrological heterogeneity to the area. This inventory is an important contribution to the expansion of knowledge about these assemblages in the Atlantic Forest to the south of Serra de Paranapiacaba mountain range, and provides support for the conservation of these groups in São Paulo State.

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Fish, Corumbataí and Jacaré-Pepira river basins, São Paulo State, Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/2.1.57 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 57 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Leandro Muller Gomiero ◽

Francisco Manoel de Souza Braga

Keyword(s):

River Basins ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

São Paulo ◽

Human Pressure ◽

Paulo State ◽

São Paulo State

Fish were studied in two river basins (Corumbataí and Jacaré-Pepira) subjected to strong human pressure, in the interior of the State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. In the Corumbataí basin, four sites were sampled: Cabeça river, Lapa stream, Passa-Cinco river, and Corumbataí river; in the Jacaré-Pepira basin, three sites were sampled: Tamanduá stream, Jacaré-Pepira river, and Água Branca stream. A total of 4,050 specimens belonging to 48 species and 13 families were caught and analyzed.

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Use of highway culverts by the water opossum (Chironectes minimus) in southeastern Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2020-1058 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Paula Ribeiro Prist ◽

Guilherme S. T. Garbino ◽

Fernanda Delborgo Abra ◽

Thais Pagotto ◽

Osnir Ormon Giacon

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Camera Trap ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Riparian Forests ◽

Camera Traps ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

São Paulo ◽

Aquatic Mammal ◽

Paulo State ◽

Degraded Area

Abstract The water opossum (Chironectes minimus) is a semi-aquatic mammal that is infrequently sampled in Atlantic rainforest areas in Brazil. Here we report on new records of C. minimus in the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, and comment on its behavior and ecology. We placed nine camera traps in culverts and cattle boxes under a highway, between 2017 and 2019. From a total of 6,750 camera-trap-days, we obtained 16 records of C. minimus (0.24 records/100 camera-trap-days) in two cameras placed in culverts over streams. Most of the records were made between May and August, in the dry season and in the first six hours after sunset. The new records are from a highly degraded area with some riparian forests. The records lie approximately 30 km away from the nearest protected area where the species is known to occur. We suggest that C. minimus has some tolerance to degraded habitats, as long as the water bodies and riparian forests are minimally preserved. The new records presented here also fill a distribution gap in western São Paulo state.

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