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‘Race against time’: Saving the snakes and lizards of Brazil’s Cerrado
by Sharon Guynup on 2 February 2021
Brazil’s Cerrado is among the world’s most biodiverse savannas, covering two million square kilometers (772,204 square miles), nearly a quarter of the country and half the size of Europe.
Once thought of as a “wasteland,” scientists have counted 208 snake species, some 80 lizards, 40 worm lizards, seven turtles and four crocodile species many recently logged in the biome’s grasslands, palm-covered riverscapes, lowland forests and dry plateaus.
Once thought of as a “wasteland,” scientists have counted 208 snake species, some 80 lizards, 40 worm lizards, seven turtles and four crocodile species many recently logged in the biome’s grasslands, palm-covered riverscapes, lowland forests and dry plateaus.