scholarly journals Herpetofauna in a highly endangered area: the Triângulo Mineiro region, in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Herpetozoa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 113-123
Author(s):  
Matheus de Oliveira Neves ◽  
André Yves ◽  
Elvis Almeida Pereira ◽  
Leandro Alves ◽  
Jacqueline Bonfim Vasques ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Methods ◽  
First Record ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Red List ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Data Deficient ◽  
Conservation Plans ◽  
Western Portion

The Brazilian Cerrado and Atlantic Forest shelter an especially rich herpetofauna and experience strong anthropogenic disturbances, which is also true for the western portion of Minas Gerais State. Herein, we present a list of the herpetofauna from the Triângulo Mineiro region in Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. From 2012 to 2016, we sampled 28 localities along 23 municipalities in the region, using three sampling methods: active search, pitfall traps, and opportunistic records. We recorded 79 species, 44 amphibians and 35 reptiles. Three species (Bokermannohylasazimai, Ololygoncanastrensis, and Pithecopusazureus) are classified as “data deficient” (DD) according to the IUCN. One species (Proceratophrysmoratoi) is classified as “critically endangered” (CR) according to the IUCN Red List, and “endangered” (EN) according to the national red list. However, we suggest listing P.moratoi in the “least concern” category. We also present the first record of Dendropsophuselianeae in Minas Gerais State, and distribution map of the species. Furthermore, we elucidate the composition of the herpetofauna in the Triângulo Mineiro region and contribute to future conservation plans for the region and the species.

Novelties from the Serra Nova State Park (Minas Gerais, Brazil): two new endemic species of Eriocaulaceae

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 505 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-200
Author(s):  
LIVIA ECHTERNACHT ◽  
MAURÍCIO TAKASHI COUTINHO WATANABE ◽  
CAROLINE OLIVEIRA ANDRINO
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Red List ◽  
Campos Rupestres ◽  
Conservation Unit ◽  
Inflorescence Architecture ◽  
Espinhaço Range ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Iucn Red List Criteria

Two new micro-endemic species of Eriocaulaceae are described from the Campos Rupestres of Serra Nova State Park, a conservation unit located in the Espinhaço Range in northern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Herein we provide descriptions, illustrations, photographs and maps, together with notes on morphology, distribution, phenology, taxonomy, and conservation. Paepalanthus ferrugineus is distinguished mainly by the reddish-brown involucral bracts, surpassing the floral disc, with the apex attenuate and tufted adaxially, tufted sepals and hairy petals. Syngonanthus polyaxis is easily differentiated by the inflorescence architecture with three morphologically distinct axial parts. Both species are considered Critically Endangered according to the IUCN Red List criteria.

scholarly journals First record of the Crested Eagle, Morphnus guianensis (Daudin, 1800) (Aves, Accipitridae) in the Cerrado of Minas Gerais state, Brazil

Check List ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa Lacerda Moraes ◽  
Alexander Zaidan de Souza ◽  
Rômulo Ribon
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
New Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Historical Records ◽  
Minas Gerais State

We present a new record of the Crested Eagle, Morphnus guianensis (Daudin, 1800), a rare forest eagle of the Neotropics on 22 May 2012 at a Cerrado area in Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil. The species has only two historical records in the state, both at areas formerly covered by Atlantic Forest. The finding raises the expectations for the maintenance of the species in the state, stressing the fact that this is the first species record in a Cerrado area in Eastern Brazilian states.

scholarly journals Mammals of Serra do Cipó National Park, southeastern Brazil

Check List ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 355 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. V. C. Câmara ◽  
L. C. Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Red List ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Red Lists ◽  
Serra Do Cipó ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Regional Red Lists ◽  
Mammal Diversity ◽  
Important Site

The mammals of the Cerrado (Brazilian Savanna Biome) are still poorly known; only a few localities have been properly surveyed and studied. Hereby, we present a survey of the mammals of Serra do Cipó National Park, a protected area of Cerrado in Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. A total of 55 species from eight orders were listed, which have been captured, observed or recorded in the literature. Some mammals are endemic or listed as threatened either by IUCN’s red list or by the national and regional red lists. Serra do Cipó National Park is an important site for scientific research and conservation of Minas Gerais’ biodiversity, though there is little information on mammal diversity and distribution in the park. We hope our study can help us fill this gap and improve the effectiveness of this national park in protecting Cerrado mammals and other vertebrates.

scholarly journals Dragonflies and Damselflies in a region of the Triângulo Mineiro, Minas Gerais: checklist and taxonomic additions

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrique Venâncio ◽  
Diogo Silva Vilela ◽  
Marcela Silva Barbosa ◽  
Jean Carlos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Ecosystems ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Red List ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Forest Sites ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Rural Sites ◽  
Suitable Habitats ◽  
Threatened Fauna

Abstract: Remaining freshwater systems are historically under threat mainly due to human activities such as agriculture and urbanization. The consequences of such activities are innumerous, and among them there is a decrease of suitable habitats for threatened fauna. In the Brazilian Cerrado, the odonatofauna of palm swamps and riparian forests are still poorly explored, a fact that difficult conservation efforts of the group. Thus, we performed an inventory in several urban and rural sites containing these phytophysiognomies in Uberlândia, Triângulo Mineiro region, western Minas Gerais state. In total, we found 101 Odonata species, seven families and 46 genera in the municipality, with 76 and 66 species, respectively, belonging to palm swamp and forest sites. From this diversity, eight species were first records in the state of Minas Gerais: Neuraeschna claviforcipata Martin, 1909, Phyllocycla cf. medusaBelle, 1988, Diastatops intensa Montgomery, 1940, Oligoclada pachystigma Karsch, 1890, O. xanthopleura Borror, 1931, Angelagrion nathaliaeLencioni, 2008, Telebasis sanguinalis Calvert, 1909 and Telebasis simulacrum (Calvert, 1909). We also sampled Erythrodiplax anaGuillermo-Ferreira & Vilela 2016, a species listed as endangered (EN) by the IUCN red list. Additionally, we include some taxonomic notes of Forcepsioneura machadorum females, a newly discovered species in the region. Our results contribute to the Odonata database in Brazil and highlights the importance inventories in poorly explored aquatic ecosystems.

scholarly journals New records of Bokermannohyla ibitipoca (Anura, Hylidae)

Caldasia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-342
Author(s):  
Elvis Almeida Pereira ◽  
Matheus De Oliveivra Neves ◽  
Lucas Custodio Lomba da Rocha ◽  
Rodrigo Carrara Heitor ◽  
Diego José Santana
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Red List ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Data Deficient

Bokermannohyla ibitipoca is a small-sized frog restricted to the Mantiqueira Mountain Complex, Brazil, and is currently categorized as Data Deficient in the Red List of Threateed Species of the IUCN. Here we report new records of B. ibitipoca throughout Minas Gerais state, Brazil and provide a distribution map of the species.

scholarly journals Distribution and composition of Dragonfly and Damselfly species (Odonata) of the upper Rio das Velhas, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. e20206065
Author(s):  
Walter Francisco de Ávila Júnior ◽  
Gustavo Lisboa Vieira Machado ◽  
Frederico Augusto de Atayde Lencioni ◽  
Marco Antônio Alves Carneiro
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Red List ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
International Union ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
First Time

This paper describes the composition and distribution of Anisoptera and Zygoptera (Odonata) species of the upper Rio das Velhas in the municipality of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A total of 727 specimens of 40 species were collected near water bodies over a period of 23 months between 2015 and 2017. The families with greatest species richness were Libellulidae (13 species), Coenagrionidae (12 species) and Heteragrionidae and Aeshnidae (4 species each). Notable among the species collected were Perilestes fragilis Hagen in Selys, 1862, inhabiting well-preserved forests, Minagrion waltheri Santos, 1965, pertaining a endemic genus of Brazil and the recently described Heteragrion cauei Ávila-Júnior et al., 2017, and three species recorded for the first time for the state: Elasmothemis alcebiadesi (Santos, 1945); Erythrodiplax melanica Borror, 1942 and Erythrodiplax acantha Borror, 1942, the latter is considered Critically Endangered (CR) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List.

scholarly journals First record of Itapotihyla langsdorffii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) (Amphibia: Hylidae) from a Cerrado region in Minas Gerais state, Brazil

Check List ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heliomar Cazelli ◽  
Mario Ribeiro Moura
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
First Record ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Minas Gerais State

Itapotihyla langsdorffii is widely distributed along the Brazlian Atlantic Forest, however, it presence in Minas Gerais state was restricted to five localities, all of them located within the Atlantic Forest domain. Herein, we present the first record of this species from a Cerrado region in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil.

scholarly journals New records and a taxonomic review prompts reassessment of Lonchophylla bokermanni, a rare bat endemic to the Brazilian Cerrado

Oryx ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago Souto Martins Teixeira ◽  
Daniela Dias ◽  
Mariana M. Vale
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
National Park ◽  
New Records ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Nectar Feeding ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Data Deficient

AbstractLonchophylla bokermanni is a nectar-feeding bat endemic to south-east Brazil that is currently categorized as Vulnerable in Brazil but as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Originally described in the Cerrado savannah of Minas Gerais state in 1978, the species is known to occur in only two other nearby localities. In the last 2 decades individuals identified as L. bokermanni were recorded in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, increasing the known range of the species. A recent taxonomic review, however, has shown that Atlantic Forest individuals belong to a separate, new species, Lonchophylla peracchii. L. bokermanni, therefore, is known from only three localities, with an Extent of Occurrence of 1,506 km2. Because this EOO is < 5,000 km2, the species is known from <5 localities, and there is a presumed continued decline in its habitat extent and quality, it should be categorized as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. We recommend that the state of the three known populations of L. bokermanni be evaluated, and that surveys for further populations are required, particularly in Serra do Cipó National Park.

scholarly journals First record of Oxyurella longicaudis (Birgei, 1910) (Cladocera: Chydoridae) in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

Check List ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Carolina De Almeida Castilho ◽  
Maria José Dos Santos Wisniewski
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
First Record ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Conservation Priority ◽  
The South ◽  
Minas Gerais State

Oxyurella longicaudis (Birgei 1910), a species of Chydoridae family, is widely distributed in South and North America. Samples were collected from 40 water bodies in five conservation-priority regions in the south of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, aiming to increase knowledge about Cladocera distribution in this region. O. longicaudis was recorded in three of the 40 sampled water bodies. It is the first record of this species in the state.

scholarly journals New distribution records of Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Testudines: Chelidae) from southeastern Brazil, including observations on reproduction

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 9322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábio Maffei ◽  
Bruno Tayar Marinho do Nascimento ◽  
Guilherme Marson Moya ◽  
Reginaldo José Donatelli
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Freshwater Turtle ◽  
Data Deficient ◽  
Central South ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Near Threatened

Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei is a poorly known freshwater turtle widely distributed in central South America, where it occurs in Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, and probably Bolivia.  It is considered “Near Threatened” by the IUCN Red List and “Data Deficient” by other local lists. Herein, we present new records and data on the reproductive biology of Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei in southeastern Brazil. 

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