| thermal ecology and activity patterns of the lizard community of the restinga of jurubatiba, macaé, rj. | we analyzed the thermal ecology and activity patterns of the lizard community from the restinga of jurubatiba, rio de janeiro, brazil. the broadest activity was that of tropidurus torquatus, a sit-and-wait forager, while the active foraging teiid cnemidophorus littoralis had the shortest activity. the nocturnal gekkonid hemidactylus mabouia was found active during the day only during early morning and late afternoon, when environmental temperatures are low. body temperature was highest for cnemi ... | 2001 | 11514896 |
| contribution on the study of isospora hemidactyli carini, 1936 and a report of an adeleid pseudoparasite of the house gecko hemidactylus mabouia, from the rio de janeiro metropolitan region, brazil. | a description of the coccidium isospora hemidactyli from the house gecko hemidactylus mabouia, a very common at dwellings in rio de janeiro metropolitan region, was made in this study. histograms and linear regression were made for this species and determined the homogeneity of these oocysts despite of large range. besides it, polysporocystid oocysts also were recovered from feces of the h. mabouia house gecko and they were similar to those described previously as the genus adelina. this species ... | 2008 | 19245761 |
| new host records for amblyomma rotundatum (acari: ixodidae) from grussaí restinga, rio de janeiro, brazil. | amblyomma rotundatum koch is a parthenogenetic tick usually associated with reptiles and amphibians. however, relatively few studies on occurrences of ticks in wild reptile populations in brazil have been produced. the aim of this study was to analyze the presence of ticks associated with reptile species in the grussaí restinga, in the municipality of são joão da barra, state of rio de janeiro, brazil. between december 2010 and january 2011, 131 individuals belonging to nine species of reptiles ... | 2012 | 23070450 |
| herpetofauna of núcleo experimental de iguaba grande, rio de janeiro state, brazil. | the atlantic rain forest, which is considered the second largest pluvial forest in the american continent, has had an estimated 93% of its original area destroyed. although studies concerning the herpetofaunal diversity in this biome have been intensified in the past years, its diversity is still underestimated. the nucleo experimental de iguaba grande (neig) is included in an environmental protection area (apa de sapeatiba) in the iguaba grande municipality, rio de janeiro state, brazil (22º 51 ... | 2012 | 22990826 |