Alexander Zaidan de Souza

• Federal University of Viçosa

Camera traps became the main observational method of a myriad of species over large areas. Data sets from camera traps can be used to describe the patterns and monitor the occupancy, abundance, and richness of wildlife, essential information for conservation in times of rapid climate and land‐cover changes. Habitat loss and poaching are responsible...

We report for the first time the occurrence of the venomous snake species Micrurus ibiboboca in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, based on a specimen collected in an Atlantic Forest area. This is the sixth record of a venomous coral snake in Minas Gerais and increases to 160 the number of known snake species in the state.

We report for the first time the occurrence of the venomous snake species Micrurus ibiboboca in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, based on a specimen collected in an Atlantic Forest area. This is the sixth record of a venomous coral snake in Minas Gerais and increases to 160 the number of known snake species in the state.

A RPPN Mata do Passarinho, de propriedade da Fundação Biodiversitas, foi criada em 2007, em parceria com a American Bird Conservancy (ABC), tendo como um dos seus principais objetivos a conservação do entufado-baiano (Merulaxis stresemanni), espécie criticamente ameaçada e considerada pela ABC a ave mais ameaçada do mundo. Localizada no vale do rio...

We present a new record of the Crested Eagle, Morphnus guianensis (Daudin, 1800), a rare forest eagle of the Neotropics on 22 May 2012 at a Cerrado area in Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil.The species has only two historical records in the state, both at areas formerly covered by Atlantic Forest.The finding raises the expectations for the ma...