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Authors

  • Luiz Carlos Batista Turci Universidade Federal do Acre – UFAC, Rio Branco – AC, Brasil
  • Paulo Sérgio Bernarde Universidade Federal do Acre – UFAC, Cruzeiro do Sul – AC, Brasi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2009v22n1p121

Abstract

Vertebrate roadkills on State Highway 383, Rondônia, Brazil. Roadkills are a serious threat to many species of wildlife worldwide. In Brazil, few studies are available about the importance of roadkills. Information about roadkills in Amazonia are even more scarce when compared to central and southern Brazil. Here we describe the vertebrate roadkills on State Highway 383 in Rondônia. From May 2004 – April 2005, thirty samples were taken the along 110km of the highway between Cacoal and Alta Floresta D’Oeste. Thirty-four vertebrate species were found in 259 specimens. In terms of absolute numbers, amphibians were the most frequent roadkills, with 68 individuals of two species. Birds followed, with 67 individuals of 12 species, then reptiles (67 indiv., 12 species) and mammals (63 indiv.,13 species). Eight species (Leptodactylus gr. pentadactylus, Rhinella sp, Amphisbaena sp., Liophis reginae, Crotophaga ani, Didelphis marsupialis, Euphractus sexcinctus and Cerdocyon thous) were the most frequent roadkills, accounting for 76% of the vertebrate roadkills. More than half of the roadkills occurred during the dry season.

Author Biographies

Luiz Carlos Batista Turci, Universidade Federal do Acre – UFAC, Rio Branco – AC, Brasil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais
Universidade Federal do Acre – UFAC, Rio Branco – AC, Brasil

Paulo Sérgio Bernarde, Universidade Federal do Acre – UFAC, Cruzeiro do Sul – AC, Brasi

1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais Universidade Federal do Acre – UFAC, Rio Branco – AC, Brasil Laboratório de Herpetologia, Centro Multidisciplinar, Campus Floresta Universidade Federal do Acre – UFAC, Cruzeiro do Sul – AC, Brasil Av. Floriano Peixoto, 188, Caixa Posta 130, CEP 69980-000, Cruzeiro do Sul – AC, Brasil

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Published

2009-08-31

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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2009)

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