scholarly journals Expansion of the known range of the Lesser Bulldog Bat, Noctilio albiventris Desmarest, 1818 (Chiroptera, Noctilionidae) in the Brazilian Cerrado

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2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-317
Author(s):  
Ana P. M. Olímpio ◽  
Fabio H. S. Cardoso ◽  
Cleison L. S. Costa ◽  
Elmary C. Fraga ◽  
Maria C. Barros
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Morphological Identification ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
The North

The Lesser Bulldog Bat, Noctilio albiventris, is found in all major Brazilian phytogeographic domains. We extend the known distribution of this species in the Cerrado, where 3 specimens were collected in the municipality of Caxias, which is within the Cerrado domain of the state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil. Our analysis of the COI gene confirms the morphological identification of the specimens, based on a 99.8–100% similarity with known sequences. This record extends the known distribution of N. albiventris 260 km to the east, in the state of Maranhão, and 986 km to the north, in the Cerrado biome. 

A Synopsis of Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) in Brazil, with the Description of Two New Species

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-348
Author(s):  
James Lucas da Costa-Lima ◽  
Earl Celestino de Oliveira Chagas
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
The North ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—A synopsis of Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) for Brazil is presented. Six species are recognized: Dicliptera ciliaris, D. sexangularis, and D. squarrosa, widely distributed in South America; D. purpurascens, which ranges from the North Region of Brazil (in the state of Acre) to eastern Bolivia; D. gracilirama, a new species from the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil; and D. granchaquenha, a new species recorded in dry and semideciduous forests in Bolivia and western Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Furthermore, we propose new synonyms and designate lectotypes for eleven names. An identification key to the six accepted Dicliptera species in Brazil is provided.

scholarly journals Anurans of the Parque Estadual do Mirador, a remnant of Cerrado in the state of Maranhão, Northeastern Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Etielle Barroso de Andrade ◽  
Luiz Norberto Weber ◽  
José Roberto de Souza Almeida Leite
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Species Number ◽  
Sampling Effort ◽  
The South ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
South Central

Abstract The Cerrado is one of the most threatened biomes in Brazil. It is estimated that much of its original vegetation has been replaced by some type of human use. This is quite worrying, mainly in the northern part where the number of wildlife inventories is insufficient and creates the false impression of low diversity in the region. The Parque Estadual do Mirador-PEM, located in the south-central region of the state of Maranhão, presents vegetation typical of the Cerrado biome and corresponds to one of 46 priority areas for conservation in the state. Herein, we describe the species richness and composition of the anurofauna from the PEM and analyze the influence of different types of vegetation in its formation. Our inventory was conducted from December 2013 to February 2015, using the active search and auditory census methods on breeding sites in different water bodies of the park. We recorded 31 anuran species belonging to five families (species number in parentheses): Leptodactylidae (14), Hylidae (12), Bufonidae (3), Microhylidae (1) and Phyllomedusidae (1). The rarefaction curve and species richness estimators indicated that the sampling effort was enough to record most of the species in the region. The richness of anurans in the PEM was higher than reported by other authors for several areas of Cerrado. Most species have a wide distribution in Brazil or are strongly associated with the Caatinga or Amazon biomes. Only about 19% are endemic to the Cerrado biome. This study is the first to inventory the anurans species of the south-central region of state of Maranhão and provides important data on amphibian communities from the northern part of the Brazilian Cerrado.

scholarly journals First record of Leptodactylus sertanejo (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Leptodactylinae) in the state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil

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2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tássia Graziele P. Lima ◽  
Etielle B. Andrade ◽  
Kássio De C. Araújo ◽  
José Roberto S. A. Leite ◽  
Luíz N. Weber
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
Artificial Grassland

Leptodactylus sertanejo is a mid-sized frog that inhabits areas of the Cerrado Biome, in natural and artificial grassland areas, in the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Bahia, Goiás and Tocantins, Brazil. Herein, we provide the first species record for the state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil, expanding the known distribution of L. sertanejo ca. 420 km northeast from the Parque Estadual do Jalapão, Tocantins state.

Participatory and decentralized water resources management: challenges and perspectives for the North Paraíba River Basin committee – Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 66 (9) ◽  
pp. 2007-2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. F. M. Ribeiro ◽  
Z. M. C. L. Vieira ◽  
M. M. R. Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Participatory Management ◽  
Water Users ◽  
The North ◽  
State Water ◽  
Executive Agency

The Brazilian Water Resources Policy (Law 9433/1997) establishes participatory and decentralized management, involving civil society, water users and governmental bodies, with the basin committees as the basis of this process. Fifteen years after its implementation, it is possible to perceive accomplishments, but, at the same time, there are some difficulties in regards to the operation of the basin committees in the country. Considering the North Paraíba River Basin – which is completely included in the State of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil, and presents great social and economic importance for the state – this article analyzes the process of formation, installation and functioning of its Basin Committee (CBH-PB), focusing on its composition, the reasons for the mobilization and demobilization of its members, the intra-relations between segments, and the inter-relations between the CBH-PB and other entities of the State Water Management System (the Water Executive Agency and the State Water Resources Council). The level of decentralization and the quality of participatory management (as it is being performed at the CBH-PB) are discussed and guidelines are suggested in order to allow greater effectiveness to the committee.

scholarly journals New records of Niceforo’s big-eared bat, Trinycteris nicefori (Sanborn, 1949) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), from the state of Maranhão, Brazil

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2018 ◽  
Vol 787 ◽  
pp. 127-134
Author(s):  
Amanda Cristiny da Silva Lima ◽  
Fabio Henrique Souza Cardoso ◽  
Samira Brito Mendes ◽  
Elmary Costa Fraga ◽  
Maria Claudene Barros
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Disjunct Distribution ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Morphological Identification ◽  
Amazon Forest ◽  
Gene Sequences ◽  
Brazilian State

Niceforo’s big-eared bat, Trinycterisnicefori (Sanborn, 1949), is a monotypic species which has been recorded in a number of Brazilian states, but has a disjunct distribution in this country. This study presents the first record of T.nicefori in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The specimens were collected in the municipalities of Godofredo Viana and Cândido Mendes, in fragments of the Amazon forest. One male (forearm: 38.00 mm, weight: 6 g) and one female (39.68 mm, 8 g) specimens were collected. The specimens presented chestnut-colored fur, and a chin with a pair of dermal pads arranged in a V-shape, without a central papilla. The COI gene sequences were plotted in the BOLD Systems platform, which confirmed the morphological identification of the species, with a 99.1% similarity in the male, and 99.4% in the female to existing sequences. This record extends the known distribution of T.nicefori in Brazil by approximately 310 km to the most eastern part of the Amazon Biome.

The advertisement call of Proceratophrys branti Brandão, Caramaschi, Vaz-Silva & Campos, 2013 (Amphibia, Anura, Odontophrynidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4379 (3) ◽  
pp. 445 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHEILA PEREIRA DE ANDRADE ◽  
CEZAR FILHO ROCHA ◽  
WILIAN VAZ-SILVA
Keyword(s):  
Species Group ◽  
Central Portion ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Advertisement Calls ◽  
North Central ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
The North ◽  
First Time ◽  
Made In

Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 currently comprises 40 species (Frost 2017) of which 15 are allocated into the Proceratophrys cristiceps species group (sensu Brandão et al. 2013). The species in this group are characterized by the absence of postocular swellings and, except for P. concavitympanum, are found in seasonally open habitats in Brazilian Cerrado and Caatinga morphoclimatic domains (Giaretta et al. 2000; Ávila et al. 2012; Teixeira Jr. et al. 2012; Brandão et al. 2013). Information on advertisement calls is available for 11 species of the group (Eterovick & Sazima 1998; Nunes & Juncá 2006; Brasileiro et al. 2008; Santana et al. 2010; Ávila et al. 2012; Martins & Giaretta 2011; 2012; 2013; Ferreira et al. 2016). Proceratophrys branti Brandão, Carmaschi, Vaz-Silva & Campos, 2013 has been recently described and allocated in the P. cristiceps species group. The species occurs in open areas in the north-central portion of the Brazilian Cerrado, in the states of Goiás, Minas Gerais and Tocantins (Brandão et al. 2013). Herein we describe for the first time its advertisement call, based on recordings made in an area of Cerrado biome in the state of Tocantins. 

scholarly journals New records of the hairy crab Pilumnus dasypodus (Decapoda, Brachyura, Pilumnidae) in Northeastern Brazil

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2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1563
Author(s):  
Sávio Arcanjo Santos Nascimento Moraes ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Rocha Duarte Alencar ◽  
Elena Thomsen ◽  
Fúlvio Aurélio Morais Freire
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
The State ◽  
South Coast ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
The North ◽  
First Time ◽  
North And South

Pilumnus dasypodus is reported for the first time in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil. Sampling occurred in the north and south coast of the state in four locations (the farthest about 500 km of the known south distribution of the species). This new record increases the information about the distribution of this species, showing a possible relationship between the distribution of species and the Atlantic Tropical Ecoregion.

A new two-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus from the endangered Brazilian Cerrado biome (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2569 (1) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
PEDRO H. PINNA ◽  
ANDRÉ F. MENDONÇA ◽  
ADRIANA BOCCHIGLIERI ◽  
DANIEL S. FERNANDES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The State ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Cerrado Biome

Amphisbaena carli sp. nov. is described from a Cerrado region in the southwestern of the state of Bahia, Brazil. The new species is diagnosable by having: small and separated nasal scales; two pre-cloacal pores separated from each other; 221–242 body annuli; 10–13 caudal annuli; 21–23 dorsal and 21–23 ventral segments to a midbody annulus; and tail without visible autotomic constriction. A proposition of standardization of head scalation nomenclature for amphisbaenids and comments on the current status of the genus Amphisbaena are also provided.

scholarly journals Amphibians of the state of Piauí, Northeastern Brazil: a preliminary assessment

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 322-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Joventino Roberto ◽  
Samuel Cardozo Ribeiro ◽  
Daniel Loebmann
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Preliminary Assessment ◽  
Cerrado Biome

The state of Piauí is located between the Caatinga and Cerrado biomes in Northeastern Brazil, having a rich heterogeneity of habitats. However, publications regarding the amphibians of this state are scarce. We compiled literature data and complemented it with amphibian inventories in some municipalities of Piauí and present a list of 55 species (54 anurans and one caecilian). Ten of them are endemic to the Cerrado biome (Rhinella veredas, R. cerradensis, R. mirandaribeiroi, R. rubescens, Dendropsophus rubicundulus, Phyllomeduza azurea, Leptodactylus pustulatus, Eupemphix nattereri, Physalaemus centralis, and Proceratophrys goyana) and two endemic to the Caatinga (Rhinella jimi and Ceratophrys joazeirensis). We also present data about species richness of 18 sampled municipalities, species distribution patterns, and conservation status.

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