New records of Atractus ronnie (Serpentes, Colubridae) in relictual forests from the state of Ceará, Brazil, and comments on meristic and morphometric data

Authors

  • Daniel Loebmann Universidade Estadual Paulista
  • Samuel Cardozo Ribeiro Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato – CE, Brazil
  • Débora Lima Sales Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato – CE, Brazil
  • Waltécio de Oliveira Almeida Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato – CE, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2009v22n1p169

Abstract

Atractus ronnie was recently described from Serra de Baturité, a mountainous relictual forest enclave in the semiarid Caatinga, state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil. Here we report new records of A. ronnie in two other areas of relictual forests and provide additional data on pholidosic variation. The results presented herein reinforce the need for systematic inventory surveys in the relictual forests of Ceará, since the herpetofauna remains poorly known.

Author Biographies

Daniel Loebmann, Universidade Estadual Paulista

PPG em Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista
Av. 24 A, 1515, Bairro Bela Vista, CEP 13506-900, Rio Claro – SP, Brazil

Samuel Cardozo Ribeiro, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato – CE, Brazil

Departamento de Química Biológica
Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato – CE, Brazil

Débora Lima Sales, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato – CE, Brazil

Departamento de Química Biológica
Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato – CE, Brazil

Waltécio de Oliveira Almeida, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato – CE, Brazil

Departamento de Química Biológica
Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato – CE, Brazil

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Published

2009-08-31

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2009)

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