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Duarte MR, Menezes FA. Is the population of Crotalus durissus (Serpentes, Viperidae) expanding in Brazil?. J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop Dis. 2013;19(1):30doi: 10.1186/1678-9199-19-30.
Duarte, M. R., & Menezes, F. A. (2013). Is the population of Crotalus durissus (Serpentes, Viperidae) expanding in Brazil?. The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases, 19(1), 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-19-30
Duarte, Marcelo Ribeiro, and Menezes, Frederico Alcântara. "Is the population of Crotalus durissus (Serpentes, Viperidae) expanding in Brazil?." The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases vol. 19,1 (2013): 30. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-19-30
Duarte MR, Menezes FA. Is the population of Crotalus durissus (Serpentes, Viperidae) expanding in Brazil?. J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop Dis. 2013 Dec 05;19(1):30. doi: 10.1186/1678-9199-19-30. PMID: 24314146; PMCID: PMC4029606.
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J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop Dis. 2013 Dec 05;19(1):30. doi: 10.1186/1678-9199-19-30.

Is the population of Crotalus durissus (Serpentes, Viperidae) expanding in Brazil?.

The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases

Marcelo Ribeiro Duarte, Frederico Alcântara Menezes

Affiliations

  1. Laboratory of Zoology Collection, Butantan Institute, Av, Vital Brazil, 1500 São Paulo, CEP: 05503-900, São Paulo State, Brazil. [email protected].

PMID: 24314146 PMCID: PMC4029606 DOI: 10.1186/1678-9199-19-30

Abstract

Crotalus durissus are found from Mexico to northern Argentina in a highly disjunct distribution. According to some studies, this species is prone to occupy areas disturbed by human activities and floods comprise a plausible method of dispersal as inferred for some North American rattlesnakes. Based on the literature, it seems plausible that Crotalus durissus expanded their natural distribution in Brazil due to floods, but only in a few municipalities in Rio de Janeiro State. Data entries of Butantan Institute, in São Paulo, Brazil, from 1998 to 2012 show a declining tendency of snakes brought by donors. In addition, research shows no evidence of Crotalus durissus being an expanding species in the Brazilian territory.

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