Gentil Alves Pereira Filho

Universidade Estadual da Paraíba | UEPB

Background Reptiles are considered one of the most popular pets in the world and are often associated with an incorrect belief that they are simple, highly adaptable, and easy to keep animals when compared with other pets, such as dogs and cats. However, keeping reptiles as pets can pose several challenges in meeting their needs in a domestic setti...

We provide a list of amphibians and reptiles for three Brejos de Altitude (Brejo de Serra Negra, Bezerros Municipality; Brejo dos Cavalos, Caruaru Municipality; Brejo de Taquaritinga do Norte, Taquaritinga do Norte Municipality) in Pernambuco State, northeastern Brazil. Among 97 recorded species, 63 were reptiles and 34 amphibians. Combined species...

The northern Brazilian Atlantic Forest comprising the states of Alagoas, Pernambuco, Paraíba, and Rio Grande do Norte is considered a distinct biogeographic unity, also known as Pernambuco Endemism Center (PEC). This unique area harbors a high biodiversity with threatened, rare, and endemic species and is considered of high relevance for the preser...

This chapter provides a brief overview on the following chapters and highlights the relevance of research focusing on the current animal knowledge in the Northern Atlantic Forest. The book was written by more than 70 researchers from more than 20 universities and institutes from Brazil, China, and Sweden and sought to provide a comprehensive update...

Here we describe a new species of Lancehead (Bothrops jabrensis sp. nov.) based on three individuals sampled from a previously unknown population from Pico do Jabre, an isolated and small Caatinga moist-forest enclave (CMFE) located in northeastern Brazil. Although this new species has an external morphology resembling those found in representative...

The Atlantic Forest is one of the richest tropical forests in the world, with a high endemism rate of vertebrates, including several snakes. The snake fauna of the Atlantic Forest is rich and complex, presenting differences in fauna composition along its extension. The existence of at least four endemism centers along this forest is well documented...

A second new species for the rare dipsadid genus Caaeteboia Zaher et al. Cuad. herpetol. 34 (2): 219-230 (2020) R e c i b i d o : 1 9 M a y o 2 0 2 0 R e v i s a d o : 1 4 J u l i o 2 0 2 0 A c e p t a d o : 2 1 J u l i o 2 0 2 0 Editor Asociado: V. Arzamendia

A second new species for the rare dipsadid genus Caaeteboia Zaher et al. Cuad. herpetol. 34 (2): 219-230 (2020) R e c i b i d o : 1 9 M a y o 2 0 2 0 R e v i s a d o : 1 4 J u l i o 2 0 2 0 A c e p t a d o : 2 1 J u l i o 2 0 2 0 Editor Asociado: V. Arzamendia

A second new species for the rare dipsadid genus Caaeteboia Zaher et al. Cuad. herpetol. 34 (2): 219-230 (2020) R e c i b i d o : 1 9 M a y o 2 0 2 0 R e v i s a d o : 1 4 J u l i o 2 0 2 0 A c e p t a d o : 2 1 J u l i o 2 0 2 0 Editor Asociado: V. Arzamendia

Caaeteboia is a rare and elusive monotypic genus of Neotropical snake, being one of the least known dipsadids of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Here, we assess the morphological and genetic diversity of this genus, comparing these results with several other genera of Xenodontinae. Our combined results revealed the presence of an unknown species fro...

We studied the composition, richness, abundance, and influence of abiotic factors on the seasonal activity of a snake assemblage at a fragment of savanna enclave (tabuleiro forest) of the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil. The sampling methods used were pitfall traps with drift fences, timed visual encounter survey, donations from local collec...

We describe a new species of Amerotyphlops from an upland forest enclave in the state of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil. The new species is distinguished from the other seven South American species of Amerotyphlops by the combination of the following characters: nasal suture incomplete; rostral scale oval and yellowish cream with some dark brown spot...

The Titanosauria were much diversified during the Late Cretaceous, but paleobiological information concerning these sauropods continues to be scarce and no studies have been conducted utilizing modern methods of community analysis to infer possible structural patterns of extinct assemblages. The present study sought to estimate species richness and...

The genus Micrurus comprises 123 currently recognized taxa (species and subspecies) that are traditionally arranged in four species groups diagnosable mainly by color pattern characteristics. Here, we describe a new species of triadal coral snake from northeastern Brazil. The new species is distinguished from other sympatric triadal congeners (M. l...

The genus Micrurus comprises 123 currently recognized taxa (species and subspecies) that are traditionally arranged in four species groups diagnosable mainly by color pattern characteristics. Here, we describe a new species of triadal coral snake from northeastern Brazil. The new species is distinguished from other sympatric triadal congeners (M. l...

We provide a new record of Phimophis guerini from the Atlantic Forest in Paraiba state and a review of the distribution of the species.

The variety of interactions between human cultures and herpetofauna is the subject matter of Ethnoherpetology, a subdivision of Ethnozoology. In the semi-arid region of Brazil, many reptiles interact with human communities because of their utility or because of the risks they represent. These interactions have obvious implications for the conservat...

The Atlantic Forest is one of the priority areas for conservation in the world, since exhibits an overwhelming biodiversity of species. Among this biome stands the biogeographic unit located north of San Francisco River, which extends from the state of Alagoas to Rio Grande do Norte. On this portion of Atlantic Forest some isolated fragments of hum...

The genus Phyllodytes, comprises twelve species (Frost 2008), and only the tadpoles of Phyllodytes auratus, P. melanomystax, P. gyrinaethes e P. edelmoi were described until now. The present work describes the tadpoles of P. brevirostris, using external morphological features and internal oral characteristics, and compares them to other tadpoles of...

A second new species for the rare dipsadid genus Caaeteboia Zaher et al. Cuad. herpetol. 34 (2): 219-230 (2020) R e c i b i d o : 1 9 M a y o 2 0 2 0 R e v i s a d o : 1 4 J u l i o 2 0 2 0 A c e p t a d o : 2 1 J u l i o 2 0 2 0 Editor Asociado: V. Arzamendia

A second new species for the rare dipsadid genus Caaeteboia Zaher et al. Cuad. herpetol. 34 (2): 219-230 (2020) R e c i b i d o : 1 9 M a y o 2 0 2 0 R e v i s a d o : 1 4 J u l i o 2 0 2 0 A c e p t a d o : 2 1 J u l i o 2 0 2 0 Editor Asociado: V. Arzamendia

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2008v21n1p75 A herpetofauna de um fragmento urbano de Floresta Atlântica foi estudada quanto à riqueza de espéciese à utilização do habitat. A coleta de espécimes foi realizada através de procura visual limitada por tempo e armadilhas de interceptação e queda. Foram registradas quatorze espécies de anfíbios anur...

The Herpetofauna of an urban fragment of Atlantic Forest was investigated in relation to species richness and habitat use. Fourteen species of amphibian anurans pertaining to the families Bufonidae, Brachycephalidae, Hylidae, Leptodactylidae, Leiuperidae, Microhylidae and Ranidae were recorded. The reptiles were represented by 37 species, distribut...

This paper documents zootherapeutic practices in Northeast Brazil. It is primarily based on field surveys carried out in fishing villages located in the States of Maranhão and Paraíba, where dwellers provided information on snake species used as medicine, body parts used to prepare the remedies, and the illnesses to which the remedies were prescrib...

Snakes are sold in many markets and religious article stores in Brazil. Besides their use as food, snakes are exploited in a variety of ways, such as pets, or for use in traditional medicine and magic/religious rituals (especially in Afro-Brazilian religions). Despite widespread commercialization, there is a general lack of information about this s...