Herpetofauna community from coastal "restinga" remnants in Northeast Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

This study analyzes four different restinga fragments in Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol, Southeastern Brazil, gathering data on the composition, abundance, diversity, richness, microhabitat use and natural history of the herpetofauna community, as well as how the abiotic factors influence this comm...

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Published inJournal of coastal conservation Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 1019 - 1037
Main Authors Martins, Angele, Pontes, Rafael, Mattedi, Camila, Murta-Fonseca, Roberta Azeredo, Fratani, Jéssica, de Oliveira Ramos, Luciana, Brandão, Amaurício Lopes Rocha, Maciel, Daniel Bastos, Pinto, Roberta Richard
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer 01.12.2019
Springer Netherlands
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Abiotic factors
Abundance
Amphibians
Aquatic reptiles
Coastal Sciences
Collections
Communities
Composition
Conservation
Cost analysis
Data collection
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecological distribution
Geography
Habitat utilization
Herpetofauna
Microenvironments
Microhabitat
Microhabitats
Nature Conservation
Oceanography
Relative abundance
Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
Reptiles
Reptiles & amphibians
Survival
Viability
Brazil
Atlantic forest
Reptile community
Parque Estadual da Costa do sol
Região dos Lagos
Amphibian community
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Summary:This study analyzes four different restinga fragments in Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol, Southeastern Brazil, gathering data on the composition, abundance, diversity, richness, microhabitat use and natural history of the herpetofauna community, as well as how the abiotic factors influence this community. We also provide secondary data of the herpetofauna composition based on historical registers from specimens housed in three collections. Field work was carried out throughout 2012 and 2013, using time and distance, and time delimited transects. The relative abundance of amphibians was 1.4 individuals/100 m² or 2.3 individuals/h, and of reptiles 0.7 individuals/100 m² or 1 individuals/h. We registered 75 amphibian and 62 reptile species considering sampling and secondary data. This study emphasizes the need of bromeliads conservation since they represent crucial sites for amphibian and reptile survival. Our results also highlight the importance of conservation of the studied areas in order to ensure the viability of the populations found therein.
ISSN:1400-0350
1874-7841
DOI:10.1007/s11852-019-00708-9