| a new species of africana (nematoda: heterakidae) from lizards of southern amazon, brazil. | africana dardanelosi n. sp. is described from the intestine of the lizard hoplocercus spinosus fitzinger, 1843 collected from southern amazon, brazil. africana dardanelosi is the third species of the genus occurring in the neotropical realm and is the tenth species assigned to the genus. from other species of africana from africa, and especially from the neotropical species (a. telfordi bursey and goldberg, 2002 and a. chabaudi baker, 1981), a. dardanelosi is easily distinguished by spicule size ... | 2009 | 19463038 |
| the importance of remnant native vegetation of amazonian submontane forest for the conservation of lizards. | forest fragmentation affects animal population dynamics mainly by loss of habitat and disruption of animal movement. lizard assemblages are affected by environmental changes, but, depending on their ecological needs, some species might be more vulnerable than others. the southern amazon suffers accelerated anthropic actions replacing natural environments by farmland (crops and pasture). this region is considerably drier than most of the northern amazon, with stational semi-deciduous forests frag ... | 2014 | 25296198 |