Check List 20(5): 1171-1181, doi: 10.15560/20.5.1171
The snakes of the flooded region of Itaparica hydroeletric dam, Northeastern Brazil: “development” based on the drowning of wildlife
Gentil Alves Pereira Filho‡,
Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues França§,
Washington Luiz Silva Vieira|,
Arthur Felipe Ferreira de Freitas¶,
Zenilde Moreira Borges de Morais¶,
Gileno Antônio Araújo Xavier¶,
Marco Antonio de Freitas#,
Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves‡,
Geraldo Jorge Barbosa de Moura¶‡ Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Brazil§ Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Rio Tinto, Brazil| Universidade Federal da Paraiba, João Pessoa, Brazil¶ Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil# Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Murici, Brazil
Corresponding author:
Geraldo Jorge Barbosa de Moura
(
geraldo.jbmoura@ufrpe.br
)
Academic editor: Julie Ray © Gentil Alves Pereira Filho, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues França, Washington Luiz Silva Vieira, Arthur Felipe Ferreira de Freitas, Zenilde Moreira Borges de Morais, Gileno Antônio Araújo Xavier, Marco Antonio de Freitas, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Geraldo Jorge Barbosa de Moura. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Pereira Filho GA, França FGR, Vieira WLS, Freitas AFF, Morais ZMB, Xavier GAA, Freitas MA, Alves RRN, Moura GJB (2024) The snakes of the flooded region of Itaparica hydroeletric dam, Northeastern Brazil: “development” based on the drowning of wildlife. Check List 20(5): 1171-1181. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.5.1171 |  |
AbstractThe previously underestimated biodiversity of the Caatinga underwent a transformation with the emergence of new studies, intensifying interest in the biota of this complex dry forest. Studies on snakes from the Caatinga have increased recently, resulting in 112 recorded species. Contributing to this, we present a detailed list of 23 species rescued from the Itaparica reservoir implementation in the 1980s. Collected specimens are deposited in the Herpetological and Paleoherpetological Collection at the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. The recorded snake assemblage is typical of the dry Caatingas of the Sertaneja Depression. We discuss the impacts of flooding and specimen relocation without adequate planning or monitoring on snake diversity. Finally, we conclude by questioning the sustainability aspects of development and interventions in nature.
KeywordsAssemblage, conservation, Serpentes, sustainability