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Herein we describe Dendropsophus rozenmani sp. nov. based on morphological, bioacoustic, and mole... more Herein we describe Dendropsophus rozenmani sp. nov. based on morphological, bioacoustic, and molecular data. This new species is distinguished from other species of Dendropsophus by its small size (SVL 18.7–21.1 mm in adult males and 19.6–23.2 mm in females); in life, dorsal ground coloration brown, with two anterior parallel and straight, dark brown stripes and a middorsal sacral stripe; and lateral limits of dorsal coloration above tympanum. In addition, the new species differs from all other species of the D. rubicundulus group (along with D. anataliasiasi) by having a composite advertisement call, i.e., a series of calls consisting of two call types. In a phylogenetic tree based on 494 bp of the 16S mitochondrial gene, four species of Dendropsophus, D. cruzi, D. juliani, and D. sanborni and one candidate species, D. juliani A, are positioned within the rubicundulus species group which poses questions on the monophyly of this group as well as its morphological definition. The occ...

Zootaxa, 2012

The genus Elachistocleis Parker currently comprises 13 species widely distributed from Panama to ... more The genus Elachistocleis Parker currently comprises 13 species widely distributed from Panama to central Argentina, east of the Andes (Caramaschi 2010). Because most species are difficult to diagnose and several currently recognized species might represent more than one lineage, tadpoles can contribute to the resolution of taxonomic problems (Rossa-Feres & Nomura 2006).

NeuroRehabilitation, 2008

Fatigue is a common and disabling symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS). There is no effective pharm... more Fatigue is a common and disabling symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS). There is no effective pharmacological treatment for fatigue, although a few reports point towards beneficial effects from physical activity for MS patients suffering from fatigue. We devised a physical activity program for MS patients with fatigue and present the results from our first use of this program, on nine patients from our region. The program consisted of a 20-week series of gradual stretching, resistance and aerobic exercises, adapted to the individual clinical condition of each patient. The results showed significant improvement in cardio-circulatory parameters, as well as a significant decrease in scores on the fatigue scale. The success of this program led patients to ask to continue with it after the trial was finished, and more patients are enrolling in the program, motivated by the good results reported by fellow patients.

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2010

São descritos o canto de anúncio, os machos e dados de dimorfismo sexual em Proceratophrys concav... more São descritos o canto de anúncio, os machos e dados de dimorfismo sexual em Proceratophrys concavitympanum, coletados em Aripuanã (Mato Grosso) e em Espigão do Oeste (Rondônia), Brasil. Os machos foram observados em atividade de vocalização ao longo de pequenos riachos em área de mata primária da Floresta Amazônica. O canto de anúncio de Proceratophrys concavitympanum descrito aqui é comparado com os cantos de outras espécies do gênero Proceratophrys.

Check List, 2010

This work provides records of Scinax centralis from municipalities of Campo Alegre de Goiás and O... more This work provides records of Scinax centralis from municipalities of Campo Alegre de Goiás and Orizona, state of Goiás, Brazil. Those records represent, respectively, a southeast range extension of ca. 30 Km east and ca. 60 Km southeast from the previously known locality of Ipameri. All known populations of S. centralis remain restricted to the Paranaíba River basin, and with exception of Orizona, all localities from where the species is known to occur are inside priority areas for conservation of biodiversity in Cerrado and Pantanal.

Check List, 2010

We report new records for the Carvalho’s Surinam Toad Pipa carvalhoi in state of Minas Gerais, so... more We report new records for the Carvalho’s Surinam Toad Pipa carvalhoi in state of Minas Gerais, southeast of Brazil, extending its occurrence in the southern portion of its known geographic range.

publicación total o parcial de este trabajo de grado y su reproducción sin fines de lucro. Además... more publicación total o parcial de este trabajo de grado y su reproducción sin fines de lucro. Además declaramos que los conceptos y análisis desarrollados y las conclusiones del presente trabajo son de exclusiva responsabilidad de los autores. Quito, mayo de 2013.

South American Journal of Herpetology, 2015

We describe and illustrate the external morphology, oral disc, and oral cavity anatomy (OCA) of t... more We describe and illustrate the external morphology, oral disc, and oral cavity anatomy (OCA) of the larvae of Bokermannohyla flavopicta and the OCA of the tadpole of B. oxente. We collected tadpoles of B. flavopicta at Serra do Barbado, Abaíra municipality, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia state. At Gosner stage 36, the tadpole of B. flavopicta has a depressed body with low tail fins and a broad, ventral oral disc bordered by a single row of marginal papillae, with a narrow gap on the anterior labium; submarginal papillae present in small amounts mostly on the commissure and on the anterior labium of the oral disc. The most common labial tooth row formula is 2(2)/7(1). The overall OCA of both species is similar, but can be distinguished mainly by the number of buccal roof papillae per side, shape of pre-narial arena ridge, and infralabial and lingual papillae morphology. The internal and external morphology of these larvae are compared with available descriptions for larvae of other species placed in the B. pseudopseudis group, and we comment on characters that best distinguish species within this group. Finally, the anteroposterior row of papillae in the prenarial arena (proposed as putative synapomorphy for the B. pseudopseudis species group) was also observed in B. flavopicta and B. oxente tadpoles, reinforcing the importance of larval external and internal characters in anuran comparative morphology research.

Herpetology Notes

Here, we present the first documented report of predation upon the species L. microcephalum by Ca... more Here, we present the first documented report of predation upon the species L. microcephalum by Cariama cristata, a bird species known as seriema. On 17 February 2015, at 17:15 pm, we observed an individual of Cariama cristata feeding upon an adult of L. microcephalum, near an Atlantic Forest fragment (lat=-20.783333°; long=-42.866672°; datum=WGS84), in Municipality of Viçosa, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil (Figure 1). During our observation, when the individual of seriema noted our approach, it flew and dropped the individual of smallhead slow worm on the ground. After this, we collected it (license permit ICMBio 45889-1) and deposited it in Coleção Zoológica de Referência da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (ZUFMS-2288).

Biota Neotropica, 2015

The Middle Jaguaribe River region is a poorly sampled area in the Caatingas domain, located in th... more The Middle Jaguaribe River region is a poorly sampled area in the Caatingas domain, located in the eastern Ceará State, northeastern Brazil. The Brazilian government agencies considered this region as a priority area for conservation and inventories. In order to fill this biodiversity knowledge gap, we conducted a ten-day rapid inventory of the anuran fauna from April 11 to 20, 2014, surveying different physiognomies of the region. We recorded 19 anuran species belonging to five families: Bufonidae (2), Hylidae (5), Leptodactylidae (9), Microhylidae (2) and Odontophrynidae (1). Most inventories of Caatinga amphibians published to date have been conducted inside protected areas and/or of high altitude (mesic areas known as "brejos de altitude"). The list we present herein contributes to the knowledge of lowland Caatinga sites outside protected areas. We discuss our results in light of taxonomic and geographic features of the anurans sampled.

ABSTRACT we found in the stomach of a female B. moojeni (SVL = 104 cm, tail length = 15.5 cm, 402... more ABSTRACT we found in the stomach of a female B. moojeni (SVL = 104 cm, tail length = 15.5 cm, 402.4 g) a small Sporophila nigricollis (body length = 8.2 cm, 27.36 g), a migratory seed-eating bird with diurnal activity

Biotemas, 2013

Registro de ocorrência de Lachesis muta (Serpentes, Viperidae) em um fragmento de Mata Atlântica ... more Registro de ocorrência de Lachesis muta (Serpentes, Viperidae) em um fragmento de Mata Atlântica na Paraíba, Brasil, com comentários sobre o status de preservação da espécie. Neste estudo é descrito um novo registro da serpente pico-de-jaca, Lachesis muta, em um fragmento de Mata Atlântica no estado da Paraíba, Nordeste do Brasil. Essa espécie é considerada a maior das serpentes peçonhentas do Novo Mundo. O espécime foi encontrado durante a noite, cruzando um atalho estreito, próximo a um declive, a aproximadamente 20m de uma queda d'água. A ocorrência de L. muta nesse fragmento demonstra a importância da conservação dos fragmentos de Mata Atlântica para a preservação dessa espécie.

ConScientiae Saúde, 2010

Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to assess the influence of a tailored physical a... more Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to assess the influence of a tailored physical activity program on specific parameters in Parkinson Disease (PD) patients. Method: PD patients were assessed before and after six months of a tailored physical activity program. Twenty PD patients (13 M, 7 F), mean age 55 years. Aerobic, resistance and stretching exercises. No special apparatus or machine was used at any stage of the program. There was no interference with the pharmacologic treatment, which remained at the discretion of the physician in charge. Fatigue, disability, joint amplitude, cardiorespiratory parameters and body fat composition were assessed. Comparisons were performed using the Student's t-test at baseline and after six months. Results: There was a significant (p<0.001) and positive effect of this physical activity program in all assessed parameters. Conclusions: Despite this chronic, disabling and progressive neurological disease, PD patients showed significant improvement in all assessed parameters after participating in a specific and tailored physical activity program.

Herein we describe Dendropsophus rozenmani sp. nov. based on morphological, bioacoustic, and mole... more Herein we describe Dendropsophus rozenmani sp. nov. based on morphological, bioacoustic, and molecular data. This new species is distinguished from other species of Dendropsophus by its small size (SVL 18.7–21.1 mm in adult males and 19.6–23.2 mm in females); in life, dorsal ground coloration brown, with two anterior parallel and straight, dark brown stripes and a middorsal sacral stripe; and lateral limits of dorsal coloration above tympanum. In addition, the new species differs from all other species of the D. rubicundulus group (along with D. anataliasiasi) by having a composite advertisement call, i.e., a series of calls consisting of two call types. In a phylogenetic tree based on 494 bp of the 16S mitochondrial gene, four species of Dendropsophus, D. cruzi, D. juliani, and D. sanborni and one candidate species, D. juliani A, are positioned within the rubicundulus species group which poses questions on the monophyly of this group as well as its morphological definition. The occ...

Zootaxa, 2012

The genus Elachistocleis Parker currently comprises 13 species widely distributed from Panama to ... more The genus Elachistocleis Parker currently comprises 13 species widely distributed from Panama to central Argentina, east of the Andes (Caramaschi 2010). Because most species are difficult to diagnose and several currently recognized species might represent more than one lineage, tadpoles can contribute to the resolution of taxonomic problems (Rossa-Feres & Nomura 2006).

NeuroRehabilitation, 2008

Fatigue is a common and disabling symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS). There is no effective pharm... more Fatigue is a common and disabling symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS). There is no effective pharmacological treatment for fatigue, although a few reports point towards beneficial effects from physical activity for MS patients suffering from fatigue. We devised a physical activity program for MS patients with fatigue and present the results from our first use of this program, on nine patients from our region. The program consisted of a 20-week series of gradual stretching, resistance and aerobic exercises, adapted to the individual clinical condition of each patient. The results showed significant improvement in cardio-circulatory parameters, as well as a significant decrease in scores on the fatigue scale. The success of this program led patients to ask to continue with it after the trial was finished, and more patients are enrolling in the program, motivated by the good results reported by fellow patients.

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2010

São descritos o canto de anúncio, os machos e dados de dimorfismo sexual em Proceratophrys concav... more São descritos o canto de anúncio, os machos e dados de dimorfismo sexual em Proceratophrys concavitympanum, coletados em Aripuanã (Mato Grosso) e em Espigão do Oeste (Rondônia), Brasil. Os machos foram observados em atividade de vocalização ao longo de pequenos riachos em área de mata primária da Floresta Amazônica. O canto de anúncio de Proceratophrys concavitympanum descrito aqui é comparado com os cantos de outras espécies do gênero Proceratophrys.

Check List, 2010

This work provides records of Scinax centralis from municipalities of Campo Alegre de Goiás and O... more This work provides records of Scinax centralis from municipalities of Campo Alegre de Goiás and Orizona, state of Goiás, Brazil. Those records represent, respectively, a southeast range extension of ca. 30 Km east and ca. 60 Km southeast from the previously known locality of Ipameri. All known populations of S. centralis remain restricted to the Paranaíba River basin, and with exception of Orizona, all localities from where the species is known to occur are inside priority areas for conservation of biodiversity in Cerrado and Pantanal.

Check List, 2010

We report new records for the Carvalho’s Surinam Toad Pipa carvalhoi in state of Minas Gerais, so... more We report new records for the Carvalho’s Surinam Toad Pipa carvalhoi in state of Minas Gerais, southeast of Brazil, extending its occurrence in the southern portion of its known geographic range.

publicación total o parcial de este trabajo de grado y su reproducción sin fines de lucro. Además... more publicación total o parcial de este trabajo de grado y su reproducción sin fines de lucro. Además declaramos que los conceptos y análisis desarrollados y las conclusiones del presente trabajo son de exclusiva responsabilidad de los autores. Quito, mayo de 2013.

South American Journal of Herpetology, 2015

We describe and illustrate the external morphology, oral disc, and oral cavity anatomy (OCA) of t... more We describe and illustrate the external morphology, oral disc, and oral cavity anatomy (OCA) of the larvae of Bokermannohyla flavopicta and the OCA of the tadpole of B. oxente. We collected tadpoles of B. flavopicta at Serra do Barbado, Abaíra municipality, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia state. At Gosner stage 36, the tadpole of B. flavopicta has a depressed body with low tail fins and a broad, ventral oral disc bordered by a single row of marginal papillae, with a narrow gap on the anterior labium; submarginal papillae present in small amounts mostly on the commissure and on the anterior labium of the oral disc. The most common labial tooth row formula is 2(2)/7(1). The overall OCA of both species is similar, but can be distinguished mainly by the number of buccal roof papillae per side, shape of pre-narial arena ridge, and infralabial and lingual papillae morphology. The internal and external morphology of these larvae are compared with available descriptions for larvae of other species placed in the B. pseudopseudis group, and we comment on characters that best distinguish species within this group. Finally, the anteroposterior row of papillae in the prenarial arena (proposed as putative synapomorphy for the B. pseudopseudis species group) was also observed in B. flavopicta and B. oxente tadpoles, reinforcing the importance of larval external and internal characters in anuran comparative morphology research.

Herpetology Notes

Here, we present the first documented report of predation upon the species L. microcephalum by Ca... more Here, we present the first documented report of predation upon the species L. microcephalum by Cariama cristata, a bird species known as seriema. On 17 February 2015, at 17:15 pm, we observed an individual of Cariama cristata feeding upon an adult of L. microcephalum, near an Atlantic Forest fragment (lat=-20.783333°; long=-42.866672°; datum=WGS84), in Municipality of Viçosa, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil (Figure 1). During our observation, when the individual of seriema noted our approach, it flew and dropped the individual of smallhead slow worm on the ground. After this, we collected it (license permit ICMBio 45889-1) and deposited it in Coleção Zoológica de Referência da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (ZUFMS-2288).

Biota Neotropica, 2015

The Middle Jaguaribe River region is a poorly sampled area in the Caatingas domain, located in th... more The Middle Jaguaribe River region is a poorly sampled area in the Caatingas domain, located in the eastern Ceará State, northeastern Brazil. The Brazilian government agencies considered this region as a priority area for conservation and inventories. In order to fill this biodiversity knowledge gap, we conducted a ten-day rapid inventory of the anuran fauna from April 11 to 20, 2014, surveying different physiognomies of the region. We recorded 19 anuran species belonging to five families: Bufonidae (2), Hylidae (5), Leptodactylidae (9), Microhylidae (2) and Odontophrynidae (1). Most inventories of Caatinga amphibians published to date have been conducted inside protected areas and/or of high altitude (mesic areas known as "brejos de altitude"). The list we present herein contributes to the knowledge of lowland Caatinga sites outside protected areas. We discuss our results in light of taxonomic and geographic features of the anurans sampled.

ABSTRACT we found in the stomach of a female B. moojeni (SVL = 104 cm, tail length = 15.5 cm, 402... more ABSTRACT we found in the stomach of a female B. moojeni (SVL = 104 cm, tail length = 15.5 cm, 402.4 g) a small Sporophila nigricollis (body length = 8.2 cm, 27.36 g), a migratory seed-eating bird with diurnal activity

Biotemas, 2013

Registro de ocorrência de Lachesis muta (Serpentes, Viperidae) em um fragmento de Mata Atlântica ... more Registro de ocorrência de Lachesis muta (Serpentes, Viperidae) em um fragmento de Mata Atlântica na Paraíba, Brasil, com comentários sobre o status de preservação da espécie. Neste estudo é descrito um novo registro da serpente pico-de-jaca, Lachesis muta, em um fragmento de Mata Atlântica no estado da Paraíba, Nordeste do Brasil. Essa espécie é considerada a maior das serpentes peçonhentas do Novo Mundo. O espécime foi encontrado durante a noite, cruzando um atalho estreito, próximo a um declive, a aproximadamente 20m de uma queda d'água. A ocorrência de L. muta nesse fragmento demonstra a importância da conservação dos fragmentos de Mata Atlântica para a preservação dessa espécie.

ConScientiae Saúde, 2010

Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to assess the influence of a tailored physical a... more Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to assess the influence of a tailored physical activity program on specific parameters in Parkinson Disease (PD) patients. Method: PD patients were assessed before and after six months of a tailored physical activity program. Twenty PD patients (13 M, 7 F), mean age 55 years. Aerobic, resistance and stretching exercises. No special apparatus or machine was used at any stage of the program. There was no interference with the pharmacologic treatment, which remained at the discretion of the physician in charge. Fatigue, disability, joint amplitude, cardiorespiratory parameters and body fat composition were assessed. Comparisons were performed using the Student's t-test at baseline and after six months. Results: There was a significant (p<0.001) and positive effect of this physical activity program in all assessed parameters. Conclusions: Despite this chronic, disabling and progressive neurological disease, PD patients showed significant improvement in all assessed parameters after participating in a specific and tailored physical activity program.