Diversidade de uma taxocenose de serpentes da floresta atlântica no litoral sul da Paraíba, nordeste do Brasil

Abstract

The Atlantic Forest is a world's biomes that present one of the highest biodiversity. However, much of its vegetation has been lost every year, and some places 7 are being degraded to the point that the species composition has been highly modified. The study aimed to survey the snakes at Barra de Gramame, located in the João Pessoa municipality, south coast of Paraíba. A total of 114 individuals belonging to 17 species, 14 genera and five families of snakes were found. The sampling methods were time constrained searches, incidental encounters, local collectors, funnel traps and pitfall traps with drift fences. The most frequent species were Epictia borapeliotes, Boa constrictor, Oxybelis aeneus, Oxyrhopus trigeminus and Philodryas patagonienses. The rarefaction curve did not reach the asymptote and new species should be recorded for the Barra de Gramame in future studies.