Phylogeny and Ecology Determine Morphological Structure in a Snake Assemblage in the Central Brazilian Cerrado

By F. França, D. O. Mesquita, C. Nogueira, A. F. B. Araújo. Copeia, 2008

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Vicariance and endemism in a Neotropical savanna hotspot: distribution patterns of Cerrado squamate reptiles (2011, methodology): “We also classified species as typical of forested or open habitats based on field data and literature accounts (Ávila-Pires, 1995; Colli et al., 2002; França et al., 2008; Nogueira et al., 2009; Valdujo et al., 2009).”
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna (2019, background): “Observed in the field in grassland, wetland, savanna, and disturbed areas (Giraudo and Scrocchi, 2002; Sawaya et al., 2008; França et al., 2008; Bérnils, 2009; São-Pedro and Pires, 2009).”
Composition and natural history of a Cerrado snake assemblage at Itirapina, São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil (2008, background): “It seems to occur in different cerrado physiognomic forms, as observed in central Brazil (França et al. 2008).”
Length–mass allometry in snakes (2013, background): “Phylogeny, natural history and ecology are undoubtedly important drivers of shape variation (França et al., 2008).”