Pet snakes illegally marketed in Brazil: Climatic viability and establishment risk.

ABSTRACT: Invasive species are one among many threats to biodiversity. Brazil has been spared, generically, of several destructive invasive species. Reports of invasive snakes' populations are nonexistent, but the illegal pet trade might change this scenario. Despite the Brazilian laws forbid to import most animals, illegal trade is frequently observed and propagules are found in the wild. The high species richness within Brazilian biomes and accelerated fragmentation of natural reserves are a critical factors facilitating successful invasion. An efficient way to ease damages caused by invasive species is identifying potential invaders and consequent prevention of introductions. For the identification of potential invaders many factors need to be considered, including estimates of climate matching b

SUBMITTER: Fonseca E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5560532 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature