Herpetofauna of an Atlantic rainforest area (Morro São João) in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 291-300

  Almeida Gomes, Mauricio ^a   Vrcibradic, Davor ^a   Siqueira, Carla C ^a   Kiefer, Mara C ^a   Klaion, Thaís ^a   Almeida Santos, Patrícia ^a   Nascimento, Denise ^a   Ariani, Cristina V ^a   Borges Jr , Vítor N T ^a   Freitas Filho, Ricardo F ^a   Van Sluys, Monique ^a   Rocha, Carlos F D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic rainforest; Brazil; Density; Herpetofauna; Richness

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; COLUBRIDAE; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS BINOTATUS; GEKKONIDAE; LACERTILIA; LEPOSOMA SCINCOIDES; REPTILIA; SCINAX; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 44849134936     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652008000200007     Document Type: Article

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