%0 Journal Article
%T First occurrence of Tupinambis quadrilineatus Manzani & Abe, 1997 (Squamata: Teiidae) in the Amazonian Biome
%A Leandro Valle Ferreira
%A Jorge Luiz Gavina Pereira
%A Teresa Cristina Sauer Avila-Pires
%A Priscilla Prestes Chaves
%J Boletim do Museu Paraense Em¨ªlio Goeldi : Ci¨ºncias Naturais
%D 2009
%I Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
%X We here report the occurrence of Tupinambis quadrilineatus Manzani & Abe, 1997 (Squamata: Teiidae) in the Amazonian biome, in vegetation of savanna situated in southeastern Par¨¢, Brazil. This region has extensive fragments of savanna situated outside any protected area of Par¨¢. T. quadrilineatus was only known from Mato Grosso, Goi¨¢s, Tocantins and Minas Gerais states, within the Cerrado biome. This is the first report of the species in savanna in the Amazonian biome and in the state of Par¨¢. This discovery reinforces the idea that knowledge about Amazonian biodiversity is still insufficient. Werecommend that new inventories be made in the region and that savanna fragments in southeastern Par¨¢ be incorporated into new protected areas.
%K Amazon
%K Lizards
%K Savanna
%K Conservation
%U http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bn/artigos/cnv4n3_2009/primeira%28ferreira%29.pdf