Répteis escamados da Unipampa: aspectos biológicos e ecológicos com vistas à educação ambiental

Abstract

The present work carried out an inventory of Scaled Reptiles found in the Federal University of Pampa, Campus Uruguaiana. In order to know the diversity local fauna of the group in question, the data were collected through two methodologies: 1a) data from animals deposited in the zoological collection were used didactics present in the Laboratory of Biology and Animal Diversity, and; 2a) the registration of new occurrences due to sightings / capture of species inside the campus, with subsequent release of the animals in the natural environment, without the use of traps. The results indicate the occurrence of three families of snakes, two of lizards and one of amphibian. Among them, the family Dipsadidae is the most diverse, with ten species of snakes - Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus, Lygophis anomalus, Phalotris lemniscatus, Sibynomorphus turgidus, Tomodon ocellatus, Xenodon dorbignyi, Xenodon merremii, Erythrolamprus jaegeri, Philodryas patagoniensis, Helicops infrataeniatus. Still among snakes, Colubridae and Elapidae families are also present in the region. Like, lizards from family Teiidae and Gekkonidae, and amphibian family Amphisbaenidae. All these families with one representative each. Finally, it is expected that the knowledge of the campus fauna, as well as their biological and ecological aspects, make it possible to disseminate science and promote Environmental Education.