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High Species Richness of Scinax Treefrogs (Hylidae) in a Threatened Amazonian Landscape Revealed by an Integrative Approach by Ferrão, Miquéias, Colatreli, Olavo, de Fraga, Rafael, Kaefer, Igor L, Moravec, Jiří, Lima, Albertina P

“…Rising habitat loss is one of the main drivers of the global amphibian decline. Nevertheless, knowledge of amphibian diversity needed for effective habitat…”
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New record of the fringed leaf frog, Cruziohyla craspedopus (Anura: Phyllomedusidae) extends its eastern range limit by FRAGA, Rafael de, TORRALVO, Kelly

“…ABSTRACT The fringed leaf frog, Cruziohyla craspedopus is rarely sampled in the Brazilian Amazon, probably due to low detection probability associated with its…”
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The costs of evaluating species densities and composition of snakes to assess development impacts in amazonia by Fraga, Rafael de, Stow, Adam J, Magnusson, William E, Lima, Albertina P

“…Studies leading to decision-making for environmental licensing often fail to provide accurate estimates of diversity. Measures of snake diversity are regularly…”
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Thermoregulation mode, substrate temperature and camouflage efficiency affecting defensive behavior of lizards in Amazonia by SOUZA, Erika, COELHO, Ana, SANTOS-JR, Alfredo P., KAWASHITA-RIBEIRO, Ricardo Alexandre, FRAGA, Rafael de

“…ABSTRACT In ectotherms, defensive responses to predators usually depend on cost-benefit relationships between death risk and the energy required to flee. In…”
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A case report of human intoxication due to a snakebite by the opisthoglyphous dipsadid Thamnodynastes lanei Bailey, Thomas & Silva-Jr, 2005 by Ganança, Pedro Henrique Salomão, Fraga, Rafael de, Vasconcelos Neto, Lourival Baía de, Santos Júnior, Alfredo Pedroso Dos

“…We present a case of human intoxication due to a snakebite by the opisthoglyphous dipsadid Thamnodynastes lanei. A 26-year-old man was bitten on the right hand…”
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A new species of Amazonian snouted treefrog (Hylidae: Scinax ) with description of a novel species-habitat association for an aquatic breeding frog by Ferrão, Miquéias, de Fraga, Rafael, Moravec, Jiří, Kaefer, Igor L, Lima, Albertina P

“…The genus is one of the most specious genera of treefrogs of the family Hylidae. Despite the high number of potential new species of revealed in recent…”
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Sexual dimorphism in the South American water snake Helicops polylepis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) by Camargo, Isla Carol Marialva, Veras, Jackeline Cristina Palma, Ribeiro, Síria, Kawashita-Ribeiro, Ricardo A., Fraga, Rafael de, Santos Junior, Alfredo P.

“…Sexual selection, fecundity selection and ecological divergence have been the main explanations proposed for the origin and maintenance of sexual dimorphism…”
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A new species of Scinax from the Purus-Madeira interfluve, Brazilian Amazonia (Anura, Hylidae) by Ferrão, Miquéias, Moravec, Jiří, de Fraga, Rafael, de Almeida, Alexandre Pinheiro, Kaefer, Igor Luis, Lima, Albertina Pimentel

“…A new tree frog species of the genus from the interfluve between the Purus and Madeira rivers, Brazilian Amazonia, is described and illustrated. The new…”
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Empowering Indigenous students to engage in Amazon conservation by Santorelli Junior, Sergio, Kaa'aoi, José Augusto Pirahã, Fraga, Rafael DE, Stegmann, Lis F, Bôlla, Daniela, Fernandes, Igor Yuri, Zuanon, Jansen, Magnusson, William E

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Notes on the rare Mastigodryas moratoi (Serpentes: Colubridae) in the Brazilian Amazon white-sand forests by Fraga, Rafael De, Souza, Erika, Santos-Jr, Alfredo P., Kawashita-Ribeiro, Ricardo A.

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Zootherapy in the Amazon: green anaconda ( Eunectes murinus ) fat as a natural medicine to treat wounds by SOUZA, Erika, WERNECK, Fernanda P., MATOS, Leonardo B., FRAGA, Rafael de

“…ABSTRACT Zootherapy (the use of the therapeutic potential of animals) is at least 6,000 years old, and has been kept active throughout generations until modern…”
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Integrative overview of the herpetofauna from Serra da Mocidade, a granitic mountain range in northern Brazil by Moraes, Leandro J C L, de Almeida, Alexandre P, de Fraga, Rafael, Rojas, Rommel R, Pirani, Renata M, Silva, Ariane A A, de Carvalho, Vinícius T, Gordo, Marcelo, Werneck, Fernanda P

“…The Brazilian mountain ranges from the Guiana Shield highlands are largely unexplored, with an understudied herpetofauna. Here the amphibian and reptile…”
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Geographic distribution of Aparasphenodon venezolanus (Anura: Hylidae) in the Brazilian Amazon lowlands by Carvalho, Vinicius Tadeu de, Fraga, Rafael De, Bittencourt, Shanna, Bonora, Lucéia, Condrati, Luiz Henrique, Gordo, Marcelo, Vogt, Richard C.

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Notes on the poorly known caecilian Nectocaecilia petersii (Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) of the Brazilian Amazon by Fraga, Rafael De, Santos-Jr, Alfredo P., Souza, Erika, Kawashita-Ribeiro, Ricardo A., Ribeiro, Síria, Maciel, Adriano O.

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Functional responses of amazonian frogs to flooding by a large hydroelectric dam by Dayrell, Jussara Santos, Fraga, Rafael de, Peres, Carlos A., Bobrowiec, Paulo Estefano D., Magnusson, William E., Lima, Albertina Pimentel

“…River damming by hydroelectric plants interrupts the continuity of rivers and causes the flooding of adjacent terrestrial ecosystems. Assessments of the…”
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Hierarchical effects of historical and environmental factors on lizard assemblages in the upper Madeira River, Brazilian Amazonia by Marques Peixoto, Gabriela, De Fraga, Rafael, C Araújo, Maria, Kaefer, Igor Luis, Lima, Albertina Pimentel

“…Investigating the role of historical and ecological factors structuring assemblages is relevant to understand mechanisms and processes affecting biodiversity…”
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Caves as wildlife refuges in degraded landscapes in the Brazilian Amazon by de Fraga, Rafael, Tavares, Valéria, Simões, Matheus Henrique, Prous, Xavier, Girolamo-Neto, Cesare, Brandi, Iuri V., Oliveira, Guilherme, Trevelin, Leonardo C.

“…Cross-habitat spillover may be the outcome of a process of habitat loss or degradation where the receiving habitat serves as a refuge for organisms. Once…”
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Effects of abamectin and acetamiprid pesticides on the survival and behavior of Scaptotrigona aff. xanthotricha (Apidae, Meliponini) by Ferreira, Maria Fernanda de Oliveira, Fraga, Rafael de, Barros, Emerson Cristi de, Augusto, Solange Cristina

“…Pesticides have been described as a major cause of bee mortality, and thus are predictors of population decline and decrease in pollination services…”
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A statistical-based reach scale classification for the lower Tapajós river channel, eastern Amazonia by De Cortes, João Paulo S, de Fraga, Rafael, Pupim, Fabiano N, Luvizotto, George L

“…The Tapajós river is among the largest rivers in the world and has been credited as the main affluent of the lower Amazon River. Geomorphological studies in…”
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Different environmental gradients affect different measures of snake β-diversity in the Amazon rainforests by de Fraga, Rafael, Ferrão, Miquéias, Stow, Adam J, Magnusson, William E, Lima, Albertina P

“…Mechanisms generating and maintaining biodiversity at regional scales may be evaluated by quantifying β-diversity along environmental gradients. Differences in…”
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