Liliana Piatti

• PhD in Ecology
• Researcher at Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

The Cerrado is a highly threatened biome that harbors a great portion of Brazilian biodiversity, including many endemic species. Such richness may reflect its environmental heterogeneity, which includes different vegetation types (from grasslands to forests). Several endemic species in the Cerrado are strongly associated with open vegetation types....

Although the geographic distribution, phylogeny and natural history of Psomophis genimaculatus, a snake that inhabits diverse environments, such as the Chiquitana Forest, Cerrado, Pantanal, and Chaco, have been investigated in several studies, reproductive biology assessments are still lacking for this species. In this sense, this research investig...

Vertebrate diversity from Environmental Protection Areas of the municipality of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul state. The brazilian legislation, through the National System of Conservation Units (SNUC), foresees and enables the creation of Environmental Protection Areas (APA) whose function is to integrate the biodiversity conservation and produc...

Xenodon mattogrossensis is a neotropical snake restricted to the central part of South America, in the Pantanal wetlands and a few neighbouring areas. The available information about this species in the literature is restricted to geographical distribution, morphological variation and anecdotal information on habitat use. Here we present data on di...

Reptiles of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Data is presented on richness and composition of reptiles from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), based on reviews of publications, examination of scientifi c collections and unpublished fi eld data provided by researchers. We recorded 188 species distributed in eight species of Testudines, three Crocodyli...

Amphibian diversity of Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. Amphibian species from Mato Grosso do Sul state were compiled and checked for the fi rst time. A total of 97 species were recorded, representing more than 10% of the known Brazilian amphibians. Twenty fi ve anuran genera in nine families and only one caecilian were recorded. Cerrado was the r...

RESUMO A fauna de anfíbios do estado de Mato Grosso do Sul foi compilada e elaborada pela primeira vez, totalizando 97 espécies, o que representa pouco mais de 10% das espécies que ocorrem no Brasil. Nove famílias e 25 gêneros de Anura e apenas uma espécie de Gymnophiona foram registradas. As áreas de Cerrado apresentaram a maior riqueza, seguidas...

Reptiles of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Data is presented on richness and composition of reptiles from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), based on reviews of publications, examination of scientifi c collections and unpublished fi eld data provided by researchers. We recorded 188 species distributed in eight species of Testudines, three Crocodyli...

Anurans are predators of a great diversity of invertebrates, but studies on agroecosystems are very scarce. Herein we described the diet composition of seven species of terrestrial anurans captured in three different agroecosystems (corn, soybean and rubber tree) and in forest remnants of the Northwestern region of São Paulo state, Brazil. Ten prey...

We analyzed specimens housed in the Museo de Historia Natural del Paraguay (MNHNP) and in the Colección Zoológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (CZCEN), both in San Lorenzo, Paraguay and in the Coleção Zoológica de Referência da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (ZUFMS), Campo Grande, Brazil. We analyzed morphological attr...

This paper reports the second case of dicephalism in a green racer snake, Philodryas patagoniensis (Girard, 1857), with information on its external morphology, coloration and internal anatomy. The specimen is deposited in the Coleção Zoológica de Referência da UFMS (ZUFMS-REP 1268). It was collected in the 1960's at a poultry farm in Mendes, distri...

Lepidobatrachus asper is a large to medium frog known from the Chaco lowlands of Paraguay and Argentina. We provide the first species record for the Brazilian Chaco, which extends the species geographical distribution ca. 73 km northeast from Puerto Casado, Alto Paraguay Departament, Paraguay. We also provide a distribution map and information abou...

This paper presents a checklist of anurans species and their distribution in a disturbed area in the municipality of Jarú, Rondônia state, Brazil. Nineteen species belonging to eight families were sampled with pitfall traps and time constrained searches. About 70% of the species were found in a secondary forest and 40% were found only in this envir...

Artificial ponds or irrigated systems scattered throughout farmlands can offer important habitats for anurans and can be interesting sites for research on species resources use in a changing landscape. This study describes the diet and resource partitioning among anurans inhabiting irrigated rice fields in the Pantanal region. Twenty categories of...

Agricultural practice is an important factor that threatens biodiversity. However, modified habitats such as irrigated rice fields could serve as potential refuges for several species of amphibians. This study describes the composition of an anuran assemblage in an irrigated rice field system in the Pantanal floodplains of central Brazil. The low s...

Among the physiographic regions included in the central South American diagonal of open formations,the Chaco, with some endemic species, represents the southernmost dry area. In Brazil, the Chaco is foundin southwestern corner of Mato Grosso do Sul state, mostly in the municipality of Porto Murtinho along theParaguay and Apa rivers. From February 2...

A Zooarqueologia utiliza métodos e abordagens teóricas multidisciplinares, contudo ainda carece de um esforço interdisciplinar, entre os diversos campos do conhecimento. Diante do exposto, este trabalho teve por objetivos promover uma reflexāo sobre a interdependência entre a Zooarqueologia e os pressupostos teórico-metodológicos de outras ciências...