Realm: Terrestrial
Climate: Tropical
Biome: Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Central latitude: -22.805027
Central longitude: -49.236776
Duration: 5 years, from 2016 to 2020

5183 records

52 distinct species

Across the time series Physalaemus cuvieri is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

Santa Bárbara Ecological Station (SBES) in the municipality of Águas de Santa Bárbara, state of São Paulo (22°46 'to 22°41' S and 49°16' to 49°10' W, elevation 600680 m) is one of the last large remnants of Cerrado savannas (3,154 ha) in Southeastern Brazil. This area contains several Cerrado vegetation types, with both open areas such as campo sujo (CS) and campo cerrado (CC) and forest areas such as typical cerrado woodland (SS) and cerradão (CD). It has a Humid subtropical climate with two marked dry and wet seasons (AprilSeptember and OctoberMarch, respectively) and temperatures of 35.2 ºC and minimum of 3.4 ºC (means of 24?C and 17?C in the warmest and coldest months, respectively).The samplings were performed periodically, for 10 days each month, from August 2016 to March 2020, for a total sample time of 240 days. Anurans were sampled with pitfall traps with drift fences. Our sampling design for pitfall traps included three sampling units per vegetation type, each sampling unit comprising two 40 m-long PT lines, located 60 m from each other, totalling 12 sampling units comprising a total of 24 lines and 96 buckets Sampling units were located at least 400 m from each other. Each line had four 100 L plastic buckets connected by a 60 cm-high plastic fence, which was buried 10 cm below the soil surface and held upright by stakes. The buckets were perforated at the bottom to avoid accumulation of rainwater. A plastic plate (20 cm in diameter) and a piece of Styrofoam (20 × 20 cm) were placed in each bucket to provide moisture (plates were filled with water) and shelter for the captured animals.

Citation(s)

@Article{BioTIME_cit403, Study_id = {658}, Citation_id = {403}, Author = {Fiorillo, Bruno F. and Maciel, Jorge Henry and Martins, Marcio}, Journal = {ZooKeys}, Pages = {95-147}, Title = {Composition and natural history of a snake community from the southern Cerrado, southeastern Brazil}, Volume = {1056}, Year = {2021}, Doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1056.63733}, Language = {English} }