PRELIMINARY DATA ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF VENOMOUS SNAKES IN THE GOIAS STATE

TAVARES T. O., AY MORÉ S., PAULA L. L., FREITAS R. F., PERINI E. A., MACEDO J. K. A., BARROS J. S., GUIMARÃES T. V. C., PERES M. C. MAGALHÃES M. R.

Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas Biológicas / Universidade Católica de Goiás

The snakes belong to the Squamata order and integrate 2900 species approximately, being that about 321 species occur in Brazil. These, 56 species are venomous. In the Goiás State venomous snakes with medical interest are currently constituted by 7 species, congregated into 3 genus and 2 families. This study verified where the populations of venomous snakes are located in the Goiás States. It was used the data gotten through the raising of NUROG/CEPB/UCG (Núcleo Regional de Ofiologia de Goiânia / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas Biológicas / Universidade Católica de Goiás) Registers Books during the period of 1990 to 2006. The municipalities were grouped in macroregions (Região Sudeste Goiano, Região Oeste Goiano, Região Metropolitana de Goiânia, Região Sul Goiano, Região Noroeste Goiano, Região Sudoeste Goiano, Região Nordeste Goiano, Região Norte Goiano and Região Entorno do Distrito Federal). According to the analyzed registers the specie Crotalus durissus collilineatus (67.7%), represented the biggest amount of specimens, followed by Bothrops moojeni (23.3%), Bothrops neuwiedi (7.2%), Bothrops alternatus (0.4%), Micrurus lemniscatus (0.2%) and Micrurus frontalis (1.0%). The species Crotalus durissus collilineatus, Bothrops neuwiedi, Bothrops moojeni, Micrurus frontalis andMicrurus lemniscatus are distributed uniformly by all Goiás State and the specie Bothrops alternatus is  distributed only along the Southwestern region.

KEY WORDS: snake venomous, geographical distribution, macroregions, Goiás.

CORRESPONDENCE TO: Marta Regina Magalhães, Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas Biológicas, Avenida Universitária 1069, Setor Universitário, CP 86, CEP 74605-010, Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil. reginamaga@gmail.com; aymoresa@gmail.com