Herpetology Notes, volume 10: 479-486 (2017) (published online on 13 September 2017)

Snakes from the Municipality of São José do Barreiro, State of São Paulo,

Flora Roncolatto Ortiz1, Herbert Serafim de Freitas2, Angelita Pereira Rodrigues2, Arthur Diesel Abegg1,* and Francisco Luís Franco1

Abstract. The municipality of São José do Barreiro is located in the Paraíba Valley, São Paulo, Brazil, and is characterized by topographic complexity, wide altitudinal variation, and remarkable climatic diversity, which contribute to a high diversity of . Studies that provide basic data about herpetofauna are important for understanding the structure and composition of communities. The present study aims to describe a inventory in the municipality of São José do Barreiro for characterizing the richness and abundance of species. Data were collected from scientific collections (207 specimens) and via fieldwork (48 specimens) through active surveys, incidental encounters, and pitfall traps. A total of 255 individual belonging to 33 species from four families were recorded: Colubridae (N = 5), Dipsadidae (N = 130), Elapidae (N = 5), and (N = 112). The most abundant species was Crotalus durissus terrificus (n = 58), followed by jararaca (N = 25) and Atractus zebrinus (N = 24). Viperidae was the family with the highest number of individuals and the second highest number of species. The abundance of viperids may be because of the fact that Butantan Institute suppliers collect more venomous because of their risk. When compared to other Atlantic Forest regions where herpetofauna inventories have been carried out, São José do Barreiro has a high species richness, emphasizing the importance of conserving natural remnants of habitat in the region.

Keywords: Atlantic rainforest, inventory, , Serra da Bocaina

Introduction 2008). Currently, the Atlantic Forest is characterized by a mosaic of vegetation fragments of different sizes and The Atlantic Forest Phytogeographical Domain is degrees of conservation (Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica considered one of the top twenty-five hotspots of and INPE, 2008). diversity globally due to its high species richness and Anthropogenic landscape change negatively affects the large number of endemic species, but the high the structure of communities, as habitat loss is degree of threat due to human economic activities considered the main threat to biodiversity (Primack and also makes it a priority area for conservation (Myers et al., 2000; Mittermeier et al., 2004). Originally, the Atlantic Forest covered 1.48 million km2, totalling 17% of Brazil’s land area. However, only 160,000 km2 of forest remain, which corresponds to 11-12% of its original size (Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica and INPE,

1 Instituto Butantan, Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Avenida Vital Brazil, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2 Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo – Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, 321, CEP 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil * Corresponding author e-mail: [email protected] Figure 1. Location map of São José do Barreiro (SP). 480 Flora Roncolatto Ortiz et al.

Rodrigues, 2006). Vitt and Vangilder (1983) emphasize The municipality covers low altitude valley areas down that rapid modification of natural environments and to approximately 500 meters, and areas of high altitude, loss of habitat may prevent the discovery of the natural as the highest point is the Pico do Tira Chapéu, reaching fauna. Areas altered by anthropic action normally 2088 meters in altitude (MMA/IBAMA, 2004). The have lowered species richness and an increase in the great topographic complexity of the region has resulted abundance of a few species. In addition, species vary in great climatic variety, covering areas of hot and humid in their adaptive plasticity and in their ability to persist climate with periods of higher rainfall in summer (cwa in altered environments (Primack and Rodrigues, 2006). de Koppen), and high-altitude areas of tropical climate, These scenarios have become increasingly common for with cold winter months reaching temperatures below Brazilian snakes (Bernarde et al., 2012). 0 °C (MMA/IBAMA, 2004). Currently, there are 392 species of snakes known from Brazil, representing about 10% of the world’s Sampling ophidian fauna (Uetz et al., 2016). Of these, 219 can be Primary data.—Three 19 day expeditions were carried found in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, distributed in six out between the years of 2013 and 2014, totalling 57 biogeographic sub regions (Moura et al., 2016). For the sampling days. The field methodologies were pitfall State of São Paulo, 142 species are known (Zaher et al., traps, active survey by foot and by car, and incidental 2011). This richness is probably underestimated due to encounters. the scarcity of herpetofaunal inventories in some regions Three lines of pitfalls were installed, totalling 20 (Avila-Pires et al., 2007), and as new studies are carried buckets of 30 litres each. One of the lines was 100 meters out, new species are recorded (Bernarde, 2012). Basic long and had 10 buckets, while the other two were 50 knowledge about herpetofauna contains many gaps, such meters long with five buckets each. The preparation of as data on levels of endemism, population dynamics, these traps followed the method of Cechin and Martins diversity, and species geographic distribution. Species (2000). lists have become important tools for conservation The active survey by foot consisted of four collectors, decision making. Thus, works providing information who inspected the leaf litter, fallen logs, rocks and water on the composition and structure of communities, bodies. The survey period lasted approximately three such as the present study, are fundamental, aiding the hours per day for the application of this methodology, development of appropriate conservation measures totalling 171 man-hours. The active survey by car (Droege et al., 1998). was performed daily during the collection period, Although the State of São Paulo is one of the most for approximately one hour/day, totalling 57 man- well-represented in Brazilian states in herpetological hours. Snakes found outside of the stipulated survey collections, snake inventories in the Paraíba Valley are periods were included as incidental encounters. These scarce, and most have been carried out in areas of low encounters occurred in the course of the tracks between altitudes, near the coast (Cicchi et al., 2007; Hartmann the collection points, as well as on the route between the et al., 2009a). Thus, to fill this gap and to promote lodging and the sampling areas. greater knowledge about the snake species richness Collected animals (SISBio permit 11216-1) were and distribution in São José do Barreiro, State of São euthanized with five to 10 mL of Thiopental (Thipentax), Paulo, we present the results of the inventory from the according to specimen body mass. Subsequently, municipality. they were fixed in 10% formalin, stored in 70% ethyl alcohol, and placed in the Herpetological Collection of Material and methods the Instituto Butantan (IBSP). Secondary data.—Data available in the literature Study area and from the herpetological material deposited in the São José do Barreiro (-22.6333ºS, -44.5666ºW) scientific collections of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (Fig. 1) is part of the phytogeographical domain of were used to elaborate a detailed list of the snake fauna the Atlantic Forest, in the Paraíba Valley region, State from the municipality of São José do Barreiro. The of São Paulo, Brazil. The vegetation of the area is scientific collections consulted for the preparation of composed of remnants of high-altitude meadows, semi- this list, with the acronyms of the scientific collections deciduous seasonal forest, mixed ombrophilous forest, according to Sabaj-Pérez (2014), were: Instituto and dense ombrophilous forest (Veloso et al., 1991). Butantan (IBSP), Museu de Zoologia da Universidade Snakes from the Municipality of São José do Barreiro, Brazil 481

Table 1. Snake species registered in the municipality of São José do Barreiro. Sampling method: ASC= active survey by car; ASF= active survey by foot; IE= incidental encounters; Environment: IDO = Inner Dense Ombrophylous Forest Alto Montana; BDO = Border Dense Ombrophylous Forest Alto Montana; BSD = Border Semi Decidual Seasonal Forest.

Taxon Field Sampling Environment Collection Total method Colubridae Chironius bicarinatus (Wied, 1920) 1 ASC - 2 3 Spilotes pullatus anomalepis (Linnaeus, 1758) - - 2 2 Dipsadidae Atractus francoi Passos, Fernandes, Bérnils & Moura- - - - 1 1 Leite, 2010 Atractus zebrinus (Jan, 1862) 7 ASF IDO 10 17 Clelia sp. 1 IE BDO 5 6 Echinanthera cephalostriata Di Bernardo, 1996 2 IE - 5 7 Elapomorphus quinquelineatus (Raddi, 1820) 2 ASC BDO, BSD 7 9 Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Linnaeus, 1758) 1 ASC - 9 10 Erythrolamprus jaegeri jaegeri (Günther, 1858) 1 ASC - 3 4 Erythrolamprus miliaris orinus (Cope, 1868) 1 IE BSD - 1 Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus schotti (Schlegel, 1837) - Erythrolamprus typhlus brachyurus (Cope, 1887) 1 - - 3 4 Helicops modestus Günther, 1861 - 2 2 Oxyrhopus clathratus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 2 ASF IDO, BSD 4 6 Oxyrhopus guibei Hoge & Romano, 1978 1 IE - - 1 Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823) 1 ASC BSD 1 2 Philodryas patagoniensis (Girard, 1858) 4 ASC, IE - 13 17 Taeniophallus cf. affinis (Günther, 1858) 1 ASF - - - Taeniophallus gr. occipitalis (Jan, 1863) - - - 3 3 Taeniophallus persimilis (Cope, 1869) 1 ASF IDO 2 3 Thamnodynastes strigatus (Günther, 1858) 2 ASF, IE BDO 5 7 Tomodon dorsatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 1 ASF IDO 3 4 Tropidodryas striaticeps (Cope, 1870) - - 1 1 Sibynomorphus neuwiedi (Ihering, 1911) 2 ASC - 16 18 Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863 - - 4 4 Elapidae Micrurus decoratus (Jan, 1858) - - - 4 4 Micrurus corallinus (Merrem, 1820) - - - 1 1 Viperidae Bothrops fonsecai Hoge & Belluomini, 1959 3 ASC, IE, BDO 12 15 ASF Bothrops jararaca (Wied, 1824) 4 ASF BSD 21 25 Bothrops jararacussu Lacerda, 1884 - - - 1 1 Bothrops neuwiedi Wagler in Spix 1824 3 ASF BDO, IDO 12 13 Crotalus durissus terrificus (Laurenti, 1768) 6 ASF, ASC, BFE, BDO 52 58 IE Total 33 48 207 255

de São Paulo (MZUSP), and Museu Nacional do Rio de Taxonomic considerations Janeiro (MNRJ). We chose not to designate sub-species for Erythrolamprus aesculapii, as hybridization may occur among the taxa in São José do Barreiro area (Curcio, 2008), which we also observed. We chose to adopt the 482 Flora Roncolatto Ortiz et al. name “Taeniophallus gr. occipitalis” for the specimens sampling efforts were concentrated in forest habitats traditionally referred to Taeniophallus occipitalis (Jan, (dense ombrophilous forest and and semi-deciduous 1863) since more than one species is referred to under seasonal forest) of São José do Barreiro. However, this name (Santos-Jr, 2009). We chose to adopt the name there are also natural grasslands in this municipality Taeniophallus cf. affinis for a specimen seen in the area, (Campos Rupestres Montane Savanna sensu Olson et due to the absence of witness material and incongruities al., 2001), so it is possible that the snake fauna of São with the dorsal colour pattern of the species (Di- José do Barreiro is even richer, since there are species Bernardo, 1992). (e.g. Apostolepis assimilis (Reinhardt, 1861), Boiruna maculata (Boulenger, 1896), Gomesophis brasiliensis Results (Gomes, 1918), Micrurus frontalis (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854), Mussurana montana (Franco, Marques A total of 255 individual snakes of 33 species were & Puorto, 1997), Ptychophis flavovirgatus Gomes, recorded (Fig. 2), distributed in 19 genera and four 1915) known from natural high altitude meadows in families (Table 1). Dipsadidae accounted for 51.39% the Mantiqueira and Bocaina mountain ranges (Bérnils, of the total number of individuals (n = 130). Viperidae 2009), habitats that were not surveyed in the present represented 44.62% of the total of individuals, with 112 work. specimens. Colubridae and Elapidae represented 1.9% Dipsadidae and Viperidae make up a large part of each, with five individuals registered by each family. the snake fauna observed in the municipality of São The contribution of each method to the sampling is José do Barreiro. This pattern is also observed in other summarized in Table 2. herpetofaunal surveys in Brazil (Costa et al., 2010). The high proportion of Dipsadidae (previously part of Colubridae) in inventories can be explained by the great diversity of species of this family in South America, Table 2. Contribution of each method of snake sampling in the nearly 800 species occupying a wide range of different municipality of São José do Barreiro, São Paulo State. ecological niches (Marques et al., 2001; Bernarde, 2012). Although vipers are also widespread and diverse, 6DPSOLQJPHWKRGRORJLHV ([FOXVLYHVSHFLHV 7RWDOVSHFLHV the high incidence of viper specimens from São José UHFRUGV UHFRUGV do Barreiro may reflect a sampling bias. Traditionally 0XVHXPFROOHFWLRQV       3LWIDOOWUDSV     in Brazil, venomous species are considered to be of $FWLYHVXUYH\E\IRRW       scientific importance by local residents, who often $FWLYHVXUYH\E\FDU     collect and send them to scientific collections, whereas ,QFLGHQWDOHQFRXQWHUV       species considered to be harmless are rarely collected. This is possibly the result of the early twentieth century initiatives of the Instituto Butantan (at the time, Instituto Serumtherapico), when venomous snake collection by farmers and other rural inhabitants was incentivized Discussion in exchange for serums and syringes, as part of early The 33 snake species recorded in this study correspond programs for fighting snakebite mortality and morbidity to about 23% of the 142 species listed for the State of in Brazil (Brazil, 1911). São Paulo (Zaher et al., 2011), and about 15% of the 219 No endangered species were found in the studied species known from the phytogeographical domain of area of São José do Barreiro (MMA, 2014), although the Atlantic Forest (Moura et al., 2016). The observed the presence of Atractus francoi (classified as Data richness of snake species in the municipality of São José Deficient) and Clelia sp. should be highlighted since do Barreiro is similar to those found in other places in the very little is known about these species. The snake fauna Southeast Atlantic Forest, (e.g., Marques and Sazima, of São José do Barreiro is mainly composed of species 2004; Centeno et al., 2008; Pontes and Rocha, 2008; reported for the high areas of the Atlantic Forest. Some, Hartmann et al., 2009a; São-Pedro and Pires, 2009; such as Atractus francoi, Bothrops fonsecai, Clelia sp., Costa et al., 2010; Moura et al., 2012), but lower than and Micrurus decoratus, are exclusive to high areas (> some (Condez et al., 2009; Forlani et al., 2010; Barbo et 400 m ASL; Bérnils, 2009; Passos et al., 2010; Gonzalez al., 2011) and higher than others (Sazima and Haddad, et al., 2014). Others, such as Atractus zebrinus, Bothrops 1992; Centeno et al., 2008; Salles et al., 2010). Our neuwiedi, Chironius bicarinatus, Echinanthera Snakes from the Municipality of São José do Barreiro, Brazil 483

Figure 2. Snake species recorded in the municipality of São José do Barreiro, São Paulo. A - Chironius bicarinatus; B - Atractus zebrinus; C - Clelia sp.; D - Echinanthera cephalostriata; E - Erythrolamprus typhlus brachyurus; F- Philodryas patagoniensis; G - Taeniophallus cf. affinis; H - Taeniophallus gr. occipitalis; I - Taeniophallus persimilis; J - Thamnodynastes strigatus; K - Xenodon neuwiedii; L - Bothrops fonsecai; M - Bothrops jararaca; N - Bothrops neuwiedi; O - Crotalus durissus. 484 Flora Roncolatto Ortiz et al. cephalostriata, Elapomorphus quinquelineatus, Acknowledgments. We thank the Fundação de Amparo à Erythrolamprus jaegeri jaegeri, Erythrolamprus Pesquisa de São Paulo (FAPESP) for financing the project; all typhlus brachyurus, Oxyrhopus clathratus, Oxyrhopus the colleagues at the Instituto Butantan who contributed to field and laboratory work; Luciana Sartori for a critical revision of the guibei, Taeniophallus affinis and T. persimilis, although manuscript, and the anonymous reviewers for the suggestions for low-elevation (<300 m ASL) or even coastal (sea level) the improvement of this work. populations are known, are widely distributed in high areas (Bérnils, 2009). Thus, the municipality of São José do Barreiro shares several snake species with other high References areas of the Atlantic Forest of the State of São Paulo Araújo, C.D.O., Condez, T.H., Bovo, R.P., Centeno, F.D.C. and (Condez et al., 2009; Hartmann et al., 2009b; Araújo A.M. Luiz. 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Appendix 82067, 84375, 84973, 85001. Tomodon dorsatus 85949, 87638, 87732, 88927. Tropidodryas striaticeps Snakes of São José do Barreiro (SP) registered in 80485. Sibynomorphus neuwiedi 71159, 71359, 71369, the Herpetological Collection of the Instituto Butantan 71370, 71488, 71587, 72346, 72348, 72349, 72350, (IBSP). 73651, 78680, 78856, 81414, 84974, 85249, 85250, Chironius bicarinatus-IBSP 75410, 76061, 85.252. 85251. .Xenodon neuwiedii 75288, 79462, 80486, Spilotes pullatus anomalepis 72687, 74945. Atractus francoi IBSP 72654. Atractus zebrinus 70791, 71018, 82069. Micrurus decoratus 79459, 82075, 88924, 75073, 80487, 81189, 81405, 82070, 84373, 84374, 88925. Micrurus corallinus 79463. Bothrops fonsecai 84982, 84983, 84984, 84985, 84986, 84987, 84988, 25653, 25654, 25656, 26172, 29688, 75072, 75285, 87639. Clelia sp. 30496, 74944, 81406, 84791, 87755, 75407, 75408, 76060, 84371, 84372, 84967, 84968, 89043. Echinanthera cephalostriata 68619, 75289, 85253. Bothrops jararaca 60665, 62487, 57536, 71300, 84369, 84370, 84374, 84971, 84972. Elapomorphus 71301, 71357, 71371, 71484, 71585,71602, 72609, quinquelineatus 42450, 55589, 70793, 71017, 72079, 73650, 78577, 80151, 80483, 81409, 84363, 84367, 74200,81411, 84365, 85956 Erythrolamprus aesculapii 84979, 84980, 84981, 85254, 85255, 85947, 88920. 71485, 71586, 72080, 72472, 78579, 78581, 79460, Bothrops jararacussu 84368. Bothrops neuwiedi 82068, 84970, 85953. Erythrolamprus jaegeri jaegeri 75284, 78584, 78585, 78586, 79461, 80480, 80481, 81407, 84969, 87754, 88928. Erythrolamprus miliaris 80482, 82074, 85950, 88921, 88922, 88923. Crotalus orinus 85957. Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus schotti durissus terrificus 55963, 56295,57052, 60271, 56455, 71016, 72951 Oxyrhopus clathratus 85951, 60272, 60273, 61319, 66740, 66741, 68362, 68363, 85954. Oxyrhopus guibei 85245. Philodryas olfersii 68364, 68991,68992, 68993, 17014, 71029, 71030, 85246, 85952. Philodryas patagoniensis 73393, 75286, 71033, 71202, 71302, 71350, 71351, 71456,71480, 75405, 75406, 76062, 84364, 84975, 84976, 84977, 71481, 71482, 71483, 72345, 72353, 72666, 73134, 84978, 85247, 85248, 87636, 87637, 87730, 87731, 73135, 73391, 73392,75283, 78583, 80484, 81408, 88926. Taeniophallus gr. occipitalis 58051, 75411, 82071,82072, 82073, 84366, 84962, 84963, 84964, 78578. Taeniophallus persimilis 82086, 84735, 85948. 84965, 84966, 85237, 85238, 85239, 85240, 85241, Thamnodynastes strigatus 75289, 81404, 82066, 85242, 85243, 85244, 85955.

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