Check List 5(3): 405-417, doi: 10.15560/5.3.405
Squamate reptiles from Parque Nacional das Emas and surroundings, Cerrado of Central Brazil
expand article infoPaula Hanna Valdujo, Cristiano de Campos Nogueira, Leandro Baumgarten, Flavio Henrique Guimarães Rodrigues, Reuber Albuquerque Brandão, André Eterovic, Mário Barroso Ramos-Neto, Otavio A. V. Marques

Corresponding author: Paula Valdujo ( paula.valdujo@gmail.com )

© 2017 Paula Valdujo, Cristiano Nogueira, Leandro Baumgarten, Flavio Rodrigues, Reuber Brandão, André Eterovic, Mário Ramos-Neto, Otavio Marques.
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Citation: Valdujo P, Brandão R, Ramos-Neto M, Nogueira C, Baumgarten L, Eterovic A, Rodrigues F, Marques O (2009) Squamate reptiles from Parque Nacional das Emas and surroundings, Cerrado of Central Brazil. Check List 5(3): 405-417. https://doi.org/10.15560/5.3.405
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Abstract
We present a list of squamate reptiles from Parque Nacional da Emas (PNE), ten neighbor private properties and Parque Estadual Nascentes do Rio Taquari, states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, and Mato Grosso do Sul. The study area encompasses the headwaters of Araguaia and Taquari river basins and part of Paranaíba River Basin, resulting in significant habitat heterogeneity. Inside PNE, we recorded 74 squamate species: 47 snakes, 21 lizards and six amphisbaenians. If we consider also the neighboring areas, richness value raises to 87 species: 54 snakes, 27 lizards and six amphisbaenians. From these, 52 % of the lizards, 19 % of the snakes and 33 % of the amphisbaenians are Cerrado endemics. Forest-specialist species are more common outside than inside PNE. Additional species are expected to occur in the PNE region, in view of their known geographical ranges.
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