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Table 1 Reptile species, their respective uses, conflicting characteristics in the semiarid region of Brazil, and status of conservation

From: A zoological catalogue of hunted reptiles in the semiarid region of Brazil

Family/ Species

Uses andConflicting relationships

IUCN RedList

 

F

M

MR

P

O

CR

 

CAYMANS

       

Alligatoridae

       

Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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LC

Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802)

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LC

Paleosuchus palpebrosus (Cuvier, 1807)

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LC

SNAKES

       

Boidae

       

Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

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Corallus hortulanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

 

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Epicrates assisi Machado, 1945

 

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Colubridae

       

Drymarchon corais (Boie, 1827)

       

Leptophis ahaetulla (Linnaeus, 1758)

 

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Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824)

     

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Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

 

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Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)

     

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Dipsadidae

       

Boiruna sertaneja Zaher, 1996

     

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Liophis viridis Günther, 1862

     

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LC

Oxyrhopus trigeminus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

 

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Philodryas nattereri Steindachner, 1870

  

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Philodryas olfersii (Lichtenstein, 1823)

     

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Pseudoboa nigra (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

     

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Xenodon merremii (Wagler, 1824)

  

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Elapidae

       

Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820)

 

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Viperidae

       

Bothropoides erythromelas (Amaral, 1923)

     

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Crotalus durissus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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LC

CHELONIAN

       

Chelidae

       

Mesoclemmys tuberculata (Lüderwaldt, 1926)

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Phrynops tuberosus (Peters, 1870)

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Kinosternidae

       

Kinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1766)

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NT

Testudinidae

       

Chelonoidis carbonaria (Spix, 1824)

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LIZARDS

       

Amphisbaenidae

       

Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus, 1758

    

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LC

Amphisbaena polystega (Duméril, 1851)

     

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LC

Amphisbaena vermicularis Wagler, 1824

    

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Gekkonidae

       

Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818)

 

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Iguanidae

       

Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Phyllodactylidae

       

Phyllopezus periosus Rodrigues, 1986

    

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Phyllopezus pollicaris (Spix, 1825)

 

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Polychrotidae

       

Polychrus acutirostris (Spix, 1825)

 

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Teiidae

       

Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Cnemidophorus ocellifer (Spix, 1825)

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Tupinambis merianae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

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LC

Tropiduridae

       

Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825)

 

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LC

Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825)

 

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TOTAL: 38species

       
  1. Legend: F- Food resource, M- Medicinal, MR- Magic/religious, P- Pets, O- Ornamentation and decoration, CR- Conflicting relationships. IUCN Red List categories (World Conservation Union; http://www.iucnredlist.org/): LC - Least Concern, CD - Conservation dependent, CR - Critically Endangered, EN - Endangered, NT - Near threatened, VU – Vulnerable.
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