Food Habits, Reproductive Biology, and Seasonal Activity of the Dipsadid Snake,Echinanthera undulata(Wied, 1824), from the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil

We present data on the diet of 15 species of snakes belonging to a community from Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Feliciano Miguel Abdala, an Atlantic Forest fragment of Southeastern Brazil, based on their stomach contents. For 12 items we were able to determine the direction of the ingestion. Most snakes ingested the prey head-first. A cluster analysis was conducted with items grouped as chilopods, mollusks, adult anurans, anuran tadpoles, lizards, amphisbaenians, snakes, and rodents. The phylogenetic influence on diet preferences is discussed.

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Food habits of carnivores in a coastal Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil

Mammalia ◽

10.1515/mamm-1996-0319 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 60 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

K.G. Facure ◽

A.A. Giaretta

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Food Habits ◽

Southeastern Brazil

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Daily and Seasonal Activity Patterns of the Solitary Tinamou (Tinamus solitarius) in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology ◽

10.1676/15-157.1 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 128 (4) ◽

pp. 885-894 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Letícia Coutinho Sangy Dias ◽

Christine Steiner São Bernardo ◽

Ana Carolina Srbek-Araujo

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Activity Patterns ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Seasonal Activity

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Mate Choice And Reproductive Biology Of Hypsiboas Albomarginatus (Anura: Hylidae) In The Atlantic Forest, Southeastern Brazil

South American Journal of Herpetology ◽

10.2994/1808-9798(2007)2[157:mcarbo]2.0.co;2 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 157-164 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Luís O. M. Giasson ◽

Célio F. B. Haddad

Keyword(s):

Mate Choice ◽

Reproductive Biology ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Southeastern Brazil

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Reproductive biology of the armored catfish Neoplecostomus microps in a coastal Atlantic Forest stream, southeastern Brazil

Aquatic Biology ◽

10.3354/ab00706 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 ◽

pp. 45-53

Author(s):

Vd Carvalho Alves ◽

MFG Brito ◽

EP Caramaschi

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Biology ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Forest Stream

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Seasonal activity of snakes in the Atlantic forest in southeastern Brazil

Amphibia-Reptilia ◽

10.1163/156853801750096213 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 103-111 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

André Eterovic ◽

Otavio Marques ◽

Whaldener Endo

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Activity Patterns ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Seasonal Abundance ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Seasonal Activity ◽

Collection Data ◽

Annual Activity ◽

Main Factors ◽

Number Of Individuals

AbstractSeasonal abundance of some snake species from the Atlantic forest in southeastern Brazil was inferred from collection data gathered throughout twelve years at the Instituto Butantan in São Paulo, Brazil. The number of collected individuals of Chironius spp., Liophis miliaris, Spilotes pullatus, Tropidodryas spp., Micrurus corallinus, and Bothrops jararaca was significantly higher during the rainy season, whereas the number of Sibynomorphus neuwiedi was higher during the dry season. Erythrolamprus aesculapii, Xenodon neuwiedii, Tomodon dorsatus and Bothrops jararacussu did not show significant differences in the number of individuals collected at each of these seasons. Seasonality in captures may result from seasonal activity patterns. Food availability, tolerance to climatic conditions, reproductive cycle, and phylogenetic constraints are considered the main factors responsible for the observed patterns. A multivariate approach is recommended for analysis of annual activity.

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