Check List 5(1): 74-82, doi: 10.15560/5.1.74
Herpetofauna, provinces of Chaco and Formosa, Chaco Oriental region, north-eastern Argentina
expand article infoBlanca Beatriz Álvarez, José Augusto Ruiz García, Jorge Abel Céspedez, Alejandra Beatriz Hernando, Victor Hugo Zaracho, Cinthia Carolina Calamante, Roberto Hugo Aguirre

Corresponding author: Blanca Álvarez ( balvarez@exa.unne.edu.ar )

© 2017 Blanca Álvarez, José García, Jorge Céspedez, Alejandra Hernando, Victor Zaracho, Cinthia Calamante, Roberto Aguirre.
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Citation: Álvarez B, García J, Calamante C, Céspedez J, Zaracho V, Hernando A, Aguirre R (2009) Herpetofauna, provinces of Chaco and Formosa, Chaco Oriental region, north-eastern Argentina. Check List 5(1): 74-82. https://doi.org/10.15560/5.1.74
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Abstract
Oriental Chaco, part of the Great American Chaco, embraces a plain area with soft slopes towards the west-east region. In this region, different kinds of landscapes and vegetation converge, both conditioned by topographical and pluviometric gradients. This region undergoes processes of fragmentation and habitat loss due to intense human activities such as deforestation, agricultural exploitation, construction of a dam, and pollution. In order to contribute to the knowledge of the Oriental Chaco biodiversity, we studied the herpetofauna during one year. We sampled four sites between the coordinates 25° 00' S, 58° 00' W and 27º 00' S, 61º 00' W in the provinces of  Chaco and Formosa. Eighty-eight species were registered in the studied places. The higher biodiversity was in grid 46.
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