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Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
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- Nogueira, Cristiano C.1
- Argôlo, Antonio J.S.2
- Arzamendia, Vanesa3
- Azevedo, Josué A.4
- Barbo, Fausto E.5
- Bérnils, Renato S.6
- Bolochio, Bruna E.7
- Borges-Martins, Marcio8
- Brasil-Godinho, Marcela9
- Braz, Henrique10
- Buononato, Marcus A.11
- Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.12
- Colli, Guarino R.13
- Costa, Henrique C.14
- Franco, Francisco L.10
- Giraudo, Alejandro3
- Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.15
- Guedes, Thaís4
- Hoogmoed, Marinus S.16
- Marques, Otavio A.V.10
- Montingelli, Giovanna G.17
- Passos, Paulo15
- Prudente, Ana L.C.16
- Rivas, Gilson A.18
- Sanchez, Paola M.17
- Serrano, Filipe C.1
- Silva Jr., Nelson J.19
- Strüssmann, Christine20
- Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.1
- Zaher, Hussam17
- Sawaya, Ricardo J.7
- Martins, Marcio1
- 1. Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-090, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 2. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil.
- 3. Instituto Nacional de Limnología, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina.
- 4. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, SE405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- 5. Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, 05503-900, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 6. Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Tropical, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 29932-540, São Mateus, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
- 7. Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, 09606-070, São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 8. Departamento de Zoologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91540-000, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- 9. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Evolução e Diversidade, Universidade Federal do ABC, 09606-070, São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 10. Divisão de Biologia, Instituto Butantan, 05503-900, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 11. Naturae Consultoria Ambiental Ltda., 74810-250, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
- 12. Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, 17-1200-841, Quito, Ecuador
- 13. Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
- 14. Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora.Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia. Rua José Lourenço Kelmer, s/n, São Pedro, Juiz de Fora, 36036-900, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- 15. Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 16. Coordenação de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, 66017-970, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
- 17. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, 04263-000, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 18. Museo de Biología, Facultad Experimental de Ciencias, Universidad del Zulia, Apartado Postal 526, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela.
- 19. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais e Saúde, Escola de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, 74605-140, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
- 20. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, 78060-900, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J.S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A.V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L.C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J., Martins, Marcio (2019): Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna. South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s1): 1-274, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1
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