INVESTIGADORES
LEYNAUD Gerardo Cristhian
artículos
Título:
Annual activity patterns of snakes from central Argentina (Córdoba province).
Autor/es:
LEYNAUD G.; REATI GUSTAVO J.; BUCHER ENRIQUE H.
Revista:
STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT
Editorial:
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Referencias:
Año: 2008 vol. 43 p. 1 - 8
ISSN:
0165-0521
Resumen:
Annual variations of activities of 13 snake species from Argentina are described based on the analysis of 6838 records of arrivals to a serpentarium, in Córdoba, Argentina. Specimens were captured mainly by the rural population, who spontaneously send them to a serpentarium. We assume that the monthly rate of capture by rural dwellers is related with annual activity of each species; and we test for differences in number of snakes received among months. We clustered the species based on the similarity of number of specimens collected in each month and the following groups can be observed: a) unimodal, with a peak in spring and related with riparian environments; b) bimodal, related with species of mountain areas and c) unimodal with peak in autumn, related with a dry forests.
