• Reproductive behaviour, cutaneous morphology, and skin secretion analysis in the anuran Dermatonotus muelleri 

  Antoniazzi, Marta Maria; Mailho-Fontana, Pedro Luiz; Nomura, Fausto; Azevedo, Heloisa Bastianon; Pimenta, Daniel Carvalho; Sciani, Juliana Mozer; Carvalho, Fernando Rogério; Rossa-Feres, Denise Cerqueira ; Jared, Carlos (iScience, 2022) [Artigo]

  Despite the common poison and mucous glands, some amphibian groups have differentiated glands associated with reproduction and usually present on the male ventral surface. Known as breeding glands or sexually dimorphic ...

• Taxonomic and functional turnover of amazonian stream fish assemblages is determined by deforestation history and environmental variables at multiple scales 

  Brejão, Gabriel L. ; Hoeinghaus, David J.; Roa-Fuentes, Camilo A.; Pérez-Mayorga, María Angélica; Ferraz, Silvio F. B.; Casatti, Lilian (Neotropical Ichthyology, 2021) [Artigo]

  High rates of deforestation, either in the past or the present, affect many of the ecological processes in streams. Integrating deforestation history and the current landscape structure enhances the evaluation of ecological ...

• Generalist populations formed by generalist individuals: A case of study on the feeding habits of a neotropical stream fish 

  Neves, Rafaela Carvalho; Borges, Pedro Paulino; Zeni, Jaquelini de Oliveira; Casatti, Lilian ; Teresa, Fabrício Barreto (Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia, 2021) [Artigo]

  Aim: We described the diet of the generalist stream fish Knodus chapadae and we tested if the environmental conditions are associated with population’s diet and individual specialization. Methods: We analyzed the stomach ...

• Do spatial and recognition memories have a lateralized processing by the dorsal hippocampus CA3? 

  Pimentel, Gabrielle Araujo ; Crestani, Ariela Maltarolo ; Florindo, Luiz Henrique (Behavioural Brain Research, 2022) [Artigo]

  The present study evaluated the function of the right and left CA3 of the dorsal hippocampus (dHPC) in the processing of (i) recognition memory, (ii) recent and remote spatial memory, (iii) working memory and (iv) navigation ...

• Evaluation of the biotic integrity of riachos from ictiofauna 

  Casatti, Lilian ; Ortigossa, Camila (Oecologia Australis, 2021) [Artigo]

  Almost four decades ago, ecologist James R. Karr published the first version of the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) to assess the health of aquatic ecosystems from fish assemblages. Since then, numerous adaptations, ...

• Ontogenetic development related to parental care of a neotropical fish, pterygoplichthys ambrosettii (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) 

  Araujo, Renato B. ; Langeani, Francisco (Zoological Studies, 2020) [Artigo]

  This study describes the main ontogenetic changes in the armored catfish Pterygoplichthys ambrosettii from newly hatched larva to adult. The relation between the degree of development of newly hatched larvae and post-larvae ...

• Tadpoles of Central Amazonia: Current knowledge and perspectives 

  Menin, Marcelo; Rossa-Feres, Denise de C. ; Rodrigues, Domingos J.; Almeida, Alexandre P.; Pegorini, Reysi J.; Telles, David O.C. (Amazonian Resources: Microbiota, Fauna and Flora, 2015) [Capítulo de livro]

  The Neotropical region harbors the richest fauna of anuran species in the world, and Brazil is the richest country. Taxonomical and biological studies focusing on tadpoles in Brazil began around the 1920s, but in Central ...

• Sonotetranychus angiopenis n.sp. (Acari:Tetranychidae) from Bauhinia sp. (Fabaceae) in northwestern São Paulo State, Brazil 

  Feres, Reinaldo J.F.; Flechtmann, Carlos H.W. (International Journal of Acarology, 1995) [Artigo]

  A new spider mite, Sonotetranychus angiopenis n.sp., collected from Bauhinia sp. (Fabaceae) is described from northwestern São Paulo State, Brazil. This is the first record for this genus in South America. © 1995 Taylor ...

• Comparison of three techniques for estimating periphyton abundance in bedrock streams 

  Necchi Jnr, O.; Branco, L. H.; Cesar, C.; Branco, Z. (Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 1995) [Artigo]

• Spasmogenic non-cholinergic activity of a digestive gland homogenate of the amphibian snail Pomacea lineata spix 1827 

  Craveiro, J. P.M.; Mendes, E. G. (Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 1991) [Artigo]

• New species and records of Metatarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from Central and South Americas 

  Guimarães Sousa, André Silva; Rezende, José Marcos ; Lofego, Antonio Carlos ; Ochoa, Ronald; Bauchan, Gary; Gulbronson, Connor; Oliveira, Anibal Ramadan (Systematic and Applied Acarology, 2022) [Artigo]

  The family Tarsonemidae (Acari: Prostigmata) exhibits a high diversity of feeding habits and morphological structures, which allow them to be successful in many habitats. In Costa Rica, the Mesoamerican forest is a biome ...

• A new flat mite of the genus Tenuipalpus Donnadieu (Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) from Brazil 

  Castro, Elizeu B. ; Feres, Reinaldo J.F. ; Mesa, Nora C.; De Moraes, Gilberto J. (Systematic and Applied Acarology, 2022) [Artigo]

  A new species of flat mite (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), Tenuipalpus bauchanisp. nov., collected on Trichilia casaretti C. de Candolle and T. elegans A. Juss (Meliaceae), is described from the State of São Paulo, Brazil. A key ...

• The Tadpoles of the Iron Quadrangle, Southeastern Brazil: A Baseline for Larval Knowledge and Anuran Conservation in a Diverse and Threatened Region 

  Pezzuti, Tiago Leite; Fortes Leite, Felipe Sá; Rossa-Feres, Denise De C. ; Anchietta Garcia, Paulo Christiano (South American Journal of Herpetology, 2021) [Artigo]

  Knowledge of tadpole morphology and natural history is essential to understand and protect anuran diversity. We provide a regional taxonomic catalog of the tadpoles that occur in the Iron Quadrangle (IQ, Quadrilátero ...

• Dominant and submissive behaviour in the rattlesnake Crotalus durissus under semi-natural conditions 

  BATISTA, SILARA FATIMA ; MUNIZ-DA-SILVA, DIEGO FERREIRA; ALMEIDA-SANTOS, SELMA MARIA (Herpetological Bulletin, 2021) [Artigo]

• A new species of amblydromalus Chant & McMurtry (Acari: Phytoseiidae), with notes on occurrence of genus in South America 

  Demite, Peterson Rodrigo; Rezende, José Marcos ; Dahmer, Priscila Carvalho; Cavalcante, Ana Cristina C.; Lofego, Antonio Carlos (Acarologia, 2021) [Artigo]

  A new species, Amblydromalus amazonicus n. sp. is described and illustrated based on adults of both sexes. Individuals were found in association with plants in natural vegetation (Amazon Forest), on uncultivated plants in ...

• The Tadpoles and Advertisement Call of Trachycephalus imitatrix and T. dibernardoi (Anura: Hylidae) 

  Provete, Diogo B.; Garey, Michel V.; Picheli, Katiuce O. ; Mello, Caio Marinho; Silva Gonçalves, Darlene Da; Conte, Carlos Eduardo; Rossa-Feres, Denise De C. (Journal of Herpetology, 2021) [Artigo]

  Herein, we describe the external larval morphology, internal oral features, and chondrocranium of Trachycephalus imitatrix and Trachycephalus dibernardoi and the advertisement call of T. imitatrix. To our knowledge, this ...

• First report of damage and population dynamics of Raoiella indica Hirst (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) on Euterpe oleracea (Arecaceae) in the State of Bahia, Brazil 

  Nuvoloni, Felipe Micali; Santos Andrade, Laiza Mirelle; Castro, Elizeu Barbosa ; Rezende, José Marcos ; De Araújo, Marcel Santos (Systematic and Applied Acarology, 2021) [Artigo]

  The presence of the red palm mite Raoiella indica Hirst, was recorded on açaí, Euterpe oleracea Mart. (Arecaceae), in Porto Seguro, Bahia State, northeastern Brazil. We evaluated the population dynamics of R. indica from ...

• Nomenclatural notes in Brazilian Ternstroemia (Pentaphylacaceae) 

  Vieira, Jaqueline Alves ; Sampaio, Daniela ; Soares-Silva, João Paulo (Phytotaxa, 2021) [Artigo]

  During the elaboration of the taxonomic revision for Pentaphylacaceae of Brazil, we detected five species (i.e., Ternstroemia alnifolia, T. brasiliensis, T. candolleana, T. cuneifolia and T. dentata) and a variety (i.e., ...

• First record of jupiaba acanthogaster (Eigenmann, 1911) (ostariophysi, characidae) in the upper paraná river basin, Brazil 

  Lopes, Douglas Alves ; Taveira, Thiago T. M.; Severo-Neto, Francisco ; Carvalho, Fernando R. (Check List, 2020) [Artigo]

  Jupiaba Zanata, 1997 is a genus with small species within Characidae, identified by a pair of modified bones in the form of spines just anteriorly to pelvic-fin base. The genus is mostly distributed throughout the Amazon ...

• The blind snake Trilepida koppesi (Amaral, 1955) as prey of armadillo Euphractus sexcinctus (linnaeus, 1758), with a review of scolecophidia predators 

  Batista, Silara Fatima ; Facure, Kátia Gomes; Marques, Otavio A. V. (Herpetology Notes, 2020) [Artigo]

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