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Structure and regional representativeness of the herpetofauna from Parque Estadual da Serra de Caldas Novas, Cerrado, Central Brazil

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Pages 10-21 | Received 04 May 2018, Accepted 02 Feb 2019, Published online: 21 Mar 2019

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Figure 1. Geographical location of the Parque Estadual da Serra de Caldas Novas (PESCAN; red circle) and other protected areas (black circles) in the Cerrado biome. 1. Área de Proteção Ambiental Cafuringa (APAC); 2. Área de Proteção Ambiental Meandros do Araguaia (APAMA); 3. Estação Ambiental de Peti (EAP); 4. Estação Ecológica Águas Emendadas (EEAE); 5. Estação Ecológica dos Caetetus (EEC); 6. Estação Ecológica de Assis/Floresta Estadual de Assis (EEA/FEA); 7. Estação Ecológica de Itirapina (EEI); 8. Estação Ecológica de Jataí (EEJ); 9. Estação Ecológica Serra Geral do Tocantins (EESGT); 10. Floresta Nacional de Silvânia (FNS); 11. Parque Estadual Furnas de Bom Jesus (PEFBJ); 12. Parque Nacional Chapada dos Veadeiros (PNCV); 13. Parque Nacional da Serra da Bodoquena (PNSB); 14. Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó (PNSC); 15. Parque Nacional das Emas (PNE); 16. Parque Nacional Grande Sertão Veredas (PNGSV); 17. Reserva Ecológica do IBGE (REIBGE); 18. Reserva Extrativista Lago do Cedro (RELC); 19. Parque Estadual do Mirador (PEM); 20. Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões (PNCF); 21. Parque Estadual Altamiro de Moura Pacheco (PEAMP).

Figure 1. Geographical location of the Parque Estadual da Serra de Caldas Novas (PESCAN; red circle) and other protected areas (black circles) in the Cerrado biome. 1. Área de Proteção Ambiental Cafuringa (APAC); 2. Área de Proteção Ambiental Meandros do Araguaia (APAMA); 3. Estação Ambiental de Peti (EAP); 4. Estação Ecológica Águas Emendadas (EEAE); 5. Estação Ecológica dos Caetetus (EEC); 6. Estação Ecológica de Assis/Floresta Estadual de Assis (EEA/FEA); 7. Estação Ecológica de Itirapina (EEI); 8. Estação Ecológica de Jataí (EEJ); 9. Estação Ecológica Serra Geral do Tocantins (EESGT); 10. Floresta Nacional de Silvânia (FNS); 11. Parque Estadual Furnas de Bom Jesus (PEFBJ); 12. Parque Nacional Chapada dos Veadeiros (PNCV); 13. Parque Nacional da Serra da Bodoquena (PNSB); 14. Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó (PNSC); 15. Parque Nacional das Emas (PNE); 16. Parque Nacional Grande Sertão Veredas (PNGSV); 17. Reserva Ecológica do IBGE (REIBGE); 18. Reserva Extrativista Lago do Cedro (RELC); 19. Parque Estadual do Mirador (PEM); 20. Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões (PNCF); 21. Parque Estadual Altamiro de Moura Pacheco (PEAMP).

Table 1. Sampled sites in the Parque Estadual da Serra de Caldas Novas, Goiás, Brazil, from February 2009 to February 2010.

Table 2. Reference and species richness of amphibians and reptiles of protected areas in the Cerrado biome. Vegetation: AC = Arboreal Caatinga, CG = Cerrado grassland, GF = Gallery forest, SF = Seasonal forest, SS = Cerrado sensu stricto, VE = Palm grove marsh (vereda).

Table 3. List of amphibian species sampled in the Parque Estadual da Serra de Caldas Novas and their abundance, habitats of occurrence, sampling method, and distribution pattern in the Cerrado biome. N = Abundance; Habitat: Site number in the ; Method: AS = Active search, OR = Occasional record, BL = Bibliography, PF = Pitfall; Distribution: END = Endemic, GEN = Generalist, AM = Amazonian, CE = Cerrado, DA = Open domains, MA = Atlantic Forest . Underlined numbers indicate sites with greater abundance.

Figure 2. Observed and estimated species accumulation curves for amphibians and reptiles recorded in the Parque Estadual da Serra de Caldas Novas, Goiás, Brazil.

Figure 2. Observed and estimated species accumulation curves for amphibians and reptiles recorded in the Parque Estadual da Serra de Caldas Novas, Goiás, Brazil.

Figure 3. Dissimilarity dendrogram generated by UPGMA from amphibians and reptiles composition recorded in the Cerrado protected areas. Each of the different colors represents groups (or single) of protected areas with similar species composition. Abbreviations of protected areas are found in .

Figure 3. Dissimilarity dendrogram generated by UPGMA from amphibians and reptiles composition recorded in the Cerrado protected areas. Each of the different colors represents groups (or single) of protected areas with similar species composition. Abbreviations of protected areas are found in Table 2.

Table 4. List of reptile species sampled in the Parque Estadual da Serra de Caldas Novas and their abundance, habitats of occurrence, sampling method, and distribution pattern in the Cerrado biome. N = Abundance; Habitat: Site number in the ; Method: AS = Active search, OR = Occasional record, PF = Pitfall; Distribution: END = Endemic, GEN = Generalist, AM = Amazonian, CE = Cerrado. Underlined numbers indicate sites with greater abundance.