Table 1 Number of students who recognized the species presented on boards
From: Students’ attitudes toward and knowledge about snakes in the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil
Species present on board images | Students (n /%) | Male (n) | Female (n) |
|---|---|---|---|
Native species | |||
Micrurus ibiboca - (Merrem 1820) | 96 (89%) | 47 | 49 |
Boa constrictor - (Linnaeus 1758) | 75 (69%) | 42 | 33 |
Crotalus durissus - (Linaeus 1758) | 65 (60%) | 38 | 27 |
Philodryas olfersii –(Lichtenstein 1823) | 62 (57%) | 35 | 27 |
Oxyrhopus trigemenus -(Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854) | 54 (50%) | 30 | 24 |
Boiruna sertaneja - (Zaher 1996) | 41 (38%) | 24 | 17 |
Leptophis ahaetulla- (Linnaeus 1758) | 40 (37%) | 22 | 18 |
Oxybelis aeneus- (Wagler 1824) | 39 (36%) | 27 | 12 |
Liophis viridis- (Gunther 1862) | 32 (30%) | 16 | 16 |
Corallus hortulanus- (Linnaenus 1754) | 25 (23%) | 16 | 9 |
Bothropoides erythomela- (Amaral 1923) | 23 (21%) | 11 | 12 |
Leptodeira annulata- (Linnaeus 1758) | 18 (17%) | 11 | 7 |
Liophis poecilogyrus- (Wied 1825) | 16 (15%) | 8 | 8 |
Epictia borapeliotes- (Vanzolini 1996) | 16 (15%) | 10 | 6 |
Pseudoboa nigra- (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854) | 11 (10%) | 6 | 5 |
Thamndynas teshypoconia- (Cope 1860) | 11 (10%) | 6 | 5 |
Apostepis cearensis- (Gomes 1815) | 10 (9%) | 7 | 2 |
Epicrates assisi- (Machado 1945) | 9 (8%) | 5 | 4 |
Philodryas nattereri- (Steindachner 1870) | 7 (6%) | 3 | 4 |
Pseudoboa nigra- (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854) | 3 (3%) | 2 | 1 |
Xenodon merremii- (Wagler 1824) | 2 (2%) | 2 | 0 |
Thamnodynastes sertanejo- (Bailey, Thomas & Silva-Jr 2005) | 2 (2%) | 2 | 0 |
Exotic species | |||
Naja siamensis Laurenti 1768 | 50 (46%) | 30 | 20 |
Python molurus (Linnaeus 1758) | 35 (32%) | 20 | 15 |
Elaphe guttata Conant & Collins 1991 | 13 (12%) | 8 | 5 |
Amphisbaenas | |||
Amphisbaena alba- (Linnaeus 1758) | 65 (60%) | 40 | 25 |
Amphisbaena cf lumbricalis- (Vanzolini 1996) | 17 (16%) | 12 | 5 |
Amphisbaena vermicularis- (Wagler 1824) | 11 (10%) | 8 | 3 |