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Taxonomic notes on the poorly known South American lizard Placosoma cordylinum (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) by Sturaro, Marcelo José

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Trophic ecology of the Atlantic Forest endemic tree frog Boana bischoffi (Boulenger, 1887) (Anura, Hylidae) by de Araujo Pereira, Gabriela, Haddad, Célio F. B, Sturaro, Marcelo José

“…Studies of natural history are important to accumulate knowledge about aspects of diet, reproduction, and habitat use, which can assist the conservation…”
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A new species of Scinax Wagler, 1830 (Anura: Hylidae) from the middle Amazon river basin, Brazil by Sturaro, Marcelo José, Peloso, Pedro Luiz Vieira

“…A new species of the hylid genus Scinax is described and illustrated. The new taxon was found in the Amazonian rainforest of northern Brazil, municipalities of…”
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Conservatism as an unjustifiable justification for the recognition of paraphyletic taxa: the case of Alopoglossidae by Peloso, Pedro, Sturaro, Marcelo Jos, Nunes, Pedro M Sales

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Integrative taxonomy of the lizards Cercosaura ocellata species complex (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae) by Sturaro, Marcelo José, Rodrigues, Miguel T., Colli, Guarino R., Knowles, L. Lacey, Avila-Pires, Teresa C.S.

“…Cercosaura ocellata has for long been considered a polytypic species. A recent molecular study elevated one of the recognized subspecies as full species, but…”
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Feeding behavior of the Amazonian Water Snake Helicops hagmanni Roux, 1910 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Hydropsini) by Sturaro, Marcelo José, Gomes, Jerriane Oliveira

“…The genus Helicops currently comprises 15 species, of which eleven occur in the Amazon Forest. H. hagmanni feeds on fishes and has nocturnal habits, but…”
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Resolving the taxonomic puzzle of Boana cinerascens (Spix, 1824), with resurrection of Hyla granosa gracilis Melin, 1941 (Anura: Hylidae) by Sturaro, Marcelo José, Costa, João Carlos Lopes, Maciel, Adriano O, Lima-Filho, Geraldo R, Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J M, Mejia, Daniela Pareja, Ron, Santiago R, Peloso, Pedro L V

“…Expeditions to unexplored or little explored places are important for discovering new species and also for collecting new samples (including specimens and…”
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Comparative analyses of species delimitation methods with molecular data in snappers (Perciformes: Lutjaninae) by da Silva, Raimundo, Peloso, Pedro L V, Sturaro, Marcelo José, Veneza, Ivana, Sampaio, Iracilda, Schneider, Horacio, Gomes, Grazielle

“…The integration of approaches that allow the incorporation of stochasticity of gene histories with phylogenetic methods resulted in new approaches for the old…”
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Molecular phylogenetic diversity in the widespread lizard Cercosaura ocellata (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae) in South America by Sturaro, Marcelo José, Avila-Pires, Teresa C. S., Rodrigues, Miguel T.

“…For a long time, Cercosaura ocellata was considered polytypic, with three subspecies: C. ocellata ocellata, C. ocellata petersi and C. ocellata bassleri…”
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A new species of Phyzelaphryne Heyer, 1977 (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from the Japurá River basin, with a discussion of the diversity and distribution of the genus by SimÕes, Pedro Ivo, Costa, JoÃo Carlos Lopes, Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J M, Gagliardi-Urrutia, Giussepe, Sturaro, Marcelo josÉ, Peloso, Pedro L V, Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago

“…We describe and name the second species of Phyzelaphryne (Brachycephaloidea, Eleutherodactylidae), from northwestern Brazilian Amazonia. Phyzelaphryne nimio…”
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Phylogenetic systematics of the Neotropical caecilian amphibian Luetkenotyphlus (Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) including the description of a new species from the vulnerable Brazilian Atlantic Forest by Maciel, Adriano Oliveira, de Castro, Thiago M., Sturaro, Marcelo José, Costa Silva, Izadora Emanuelle, Ferreira, Jordana Guimarães, dos Santos, Rafael, Risse-Quaioto, Bárbara, Barboza, Bruno Alenkine, Oliveira, Jane C.F., Sampaio, Iracilda, Schneider, Horacio

“…Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis has been described 168 years ago, being the only known species of that genus up till date. However, the diversity of caecilian…”
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Pitfall trap efficiency in sampling small vertebrates (Anura, Squamata, and Mammalia) in fragments of the Southeastern Atlantic Forest, Brazil by Garey, Michel Varajão, Sturaro, Marcelo José, Vicente Ferreira, Gabriel Spanghero, Silva, Vinicius Xavier da

“…Pitfall traps are a sampling method broadly used in studies with small terrestrial vertebrates. In this paper, we compared the efficiency of modified pitfall…”
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The amphibians of Pará, Brazil by Cassundé, Gisele Ferreira, Sturaro, Marcelo José, Maciel, Adriano Oliveira, Prudente, Ana Lúcia da Costa, Sarmento, João Fabrício Melo, Peloso, Pedro

“…Pará is the second largest state in Brazil, with all its territory within the Amazonian rainforest. The state has a wide variety of habitats and bioregions and…”
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Natural history of the lizard Enyalius perditus (Squamata: Leiosauridae) from an Atlantic forest remnant in southeastern Brazil by Sturaro, Marcelo José, da Silva, Vinícius Xavier

“…The natural history of the lizard Enyalius perditus was studied from August 2005 to July 2006, at Parque Estadual Nova Baden, in the municipality of Lambari,…”
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A new diminutive species of Allobates Zimmermann and Zimmermann, 1988 (Anura, Aromobatidae) from the northwestern Rio Madeira-Rio Tapajós interfluve, Amazonas, Brazil by Simões, Pedro Ivo, Sturaro, Marcelo José, Peloso, Pedro Luís Vieira, Lima, Albertina P

“…We describe Allobates grillisimilis from the northwestern region of the Rio Madeira-Rio Tapajós interfluve, state of Am-azonas, Brazil. The new taxon is…”
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Redescription of the Gecko Gonatodes caudiscutatus (Günther, 1859) (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) by Sturaro, Marcelo José, Avila-Pires, Teresa C.S.

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Anurans of the Urucu Petrol Basin, municipality of Coari, State of Amazonas, northern Brazil by Prudente, Ana Lúcia Da Costa, Sturaro, Marcelo José, Travassos, Alessandra Elisa Melo, Maschio, Gleomar Fabiano, Santos-Costa, Maria Cristina

“…We present the first species amphibian list for municipality of Coari, state of Amazonas, Brazil. The list was drawn up as a result of data obtained from…”
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Comportamento alimentar da cobra d’água amazônica Helicops hagmanni Roux, 1910 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Hydropsini) by Marcelo José Sturaro, Jerriane Oliveira Gomes

“…O gênero Helicops inclui, atualmente, 15 espécies, das quais onze ocorrem na floresta amazônica. Helicops hagmanni se alimenta de peixes e apresenta hábitos…”
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