Exotic snakes in São Paulo City, southeastern Brazil: Why xenophobia ?

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dc.contributor.authorEterovic, A.
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, M. R.
dc.contributor.institutionInstituto Butantan
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T13:53:43Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T13:53:43Z
dc.date.issued2002-02-01
dc.description.abstractIntroduced exotic species cause environmental changes and threat public health in target sites. Illegal trade has enhanced this problem. To first report these risks in Brazil, exotic snakes found in São Paulo City (SPC) (23degrees32' S, 46degrees38' W), southeastern Brazil, and sent to Instituto Butantan between 1995 and 2000, were listed and characterized by their biological attributes. Seventy-six individuals of sixteen alien species were collected. Euriecians snakes, mainly booids, were predominant. Using multivariate techniques, their ecological niches were compared to those of 26 native species, as a way to point out the resource's availability. To evaluate the potential of successful implantation, two species absent in SPC and considered as problem snakes are included in these analyses: the brown treesnake Boiga irregularis and the habu Trimeresurus flavoviridis. There were niche similarities between these pest snakes, exotic booids and native viperids largely due to the similarities in the chosen prey (mammals), diel activity (nocturnal), color pattern (variegated) and body size (medium to large). To avoid predictable undesirable effects of implanted pest snakes, traffic control and punishment should be improved, as well as parallel environmental education programs.en
dc.description.affiliationInst Butantan, Lab Herpetol, BR-05503900 São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv São Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Ecol Geral, Lab Ecol Evolut, BR-05508 São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.format.extent327-339
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1014509923673
dc.identifier.citationBiodiversity and Conservation. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publ, v. 11, n. 2, p. 327-339, 2002.
dc.identifier.doi10.1023/A:1014509923673
dc.identifier.issn0960-3115
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/19177
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000174253500008
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publ
dc.relation.ispartofBiodiversity and Conservation
dc.relation.ispartofjcr2.828
dc.relation.ispartofsjr1,243
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectanimal tradept
dc.subjectbiological conservationpt
dc.subjectBrazilpt
dc.subjectecological nichept
dc.subjectexotic speciespt
dc.subjectsnakespt
dc.titleExotic snakes in São Paulo City, southeastern Brazil: Why xenophobia ?en
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.springer.com/open+access/authors+rights
dcterms.rightsHolderKluwer Academic Publ
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-3875-4946[1]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Botucatupt

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