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Andrade, F.S., Leite, F.S.F., Carvalho, T.R., Bernardes, C.S. & Giaretta A.A. (2017). First record of Pseudopaludicola pocoto Magalhães, Loebmann, Kokubum, Haddad & Garda, 2014 (Anura, Leptodactylidae, Leiuperinae) in Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, with further data and brief comments on its advertisement call. Check List, 13: 2047.

Andrade, J. T. M, Cordeiro, N. I. S., Montresor, L. C., Luz, D. M. R, Luz, R. C. R, Martinez, C. B., Pinheiro, J., Paglia, A. P. & Vidigal, T. H. D. A (2017). Effect of temperature on behavior, glycogen content, and mortality in Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). Journal of Limnology, 77 (2). https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1658.

Araújo, N. P., Kuhn, G. C. S., Vieira, F. N., Morcatty, T. Q., Paglia, A. P. & Svartman, M. (2017) Comparative Genomic In Situ Hybridization and the Possible Role of Retroelements in the Karyotypic Evolution of Three Akodontini Species. International Journal of Genomics, 2017, 5935380.

Araújo, N. P., Lima, L.G., Dias, G.B., Kuhn, G.S., Melo, A.L., Yonenaga-Yassuda, Y., Stanyon, R. & Svartman, M. (2017) Identification and characterization of a subtelomeric satellite DNA in Callitrichini monkeys. DNA Research, 1, 1.

Araújo, N. P., Santo, A. A. E., Pereira, V., S., Stanyon, R. & Svartman, M. (2017) Chromosome Painting in Callicebus nigrifrons Provides Insights into the Genome Evolution of Titi Monkeys and the Ancestral Callicebinae Karyotype. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 151, 82-88.

Araújo, N. P., Stanyon, R., Pereira, V., S. & Svartman, M. (2017 ) Interspecific Chromosome Painting Provides Clues to the Ancestral Karyotype of the New World Monkey Genus Aotus. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 1, 1-8.

Bernardes, S.C., Pepato, A.R., Von Rintelen, T., Von Rintelen, K., Page, T.J., Freitag, H. & De Bruyn, M. (2017) The complex evolutionary history and phylogeography of Caridina typus (Crustacea: Decapoda): long-distance dispersal and cryptic allopatric species. Scientific Reports, 7: 9044.

Bittencourt, J.S., Gallo, V. & Rodrigues, G.A. (2017) Lepisosteoid-type fish scales in the Barremian-Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Sanfranciscana Basin, Southeastern Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 70: 1–7.

Bobrowiec, P. E. D. & Tavares, V. C. (2017) Establishing baseline biodiversity data prior to hydroelectric dam construction to monitoring impacts to bats in the Brazilian Amazon. PLoS One, 12, e0183036.

Boroni, N. L. M., Lobo, L. S., Romano, P. S. R., Lessa, G. (2017) Taxonomic identification using geometric morphometric approach and limited data: an example using the upper molars of two sympatric species of Calomys (Cricetidae: Rodentia). Zoologia, 34, 1-11.

Brady A.R & Santos A.J. (2017) Oxyopidae. Pp. 205–207, In D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing & V. Roth (eds.) Spiders of North America: an identification manual. Segunda edição. American Arachnological Society, New Hampshire.

Brescovit A.D, Taucare-Ríos A., Magalhães I.L.F. & Santos A.J. (2017) On Chilean Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae): first description of the males of L. surca and L. coquimbo, new records of L. laeta and three remarkable new species from coastal deserts. European Journal of Taxonomy, 388: 1–20. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.388

Bronzati, M., Rauhut, O.W.M., Bittencourt, J.S. & Langer, M.C. (2017) Endocast of the Late Triassic (Carnian) dinosaur Saturnalia tupiniquim: implications for the evolution of brain tissue in Sauropodomorpha. Scientific Reports, 7: 11931.

Buono, M.R., Fernández, M.S., Cozzuol, M.A., Cuitiño, J.I. & Fitzgerald, E.M. (2017) The early Miocene balaenid Morenocetus parvus from Patagonia (Argentina) and the evolution of right whales. PeerJ, 5: e4148.

Casali, D.M. & Perini, F.A. (2017) The evolution of hyoid apparatus in Xenarthra (Mammalia: Eutheria). Historical Biology, 29: 777-788.

Casali, D.M., Martins-Santos, E., Santos, A.L.Q., Miranda, F.R., Mahecha, G.A.B. & Perini, F. A. (2017) Morphology of the tongue of Vermilingua (Xenarthra: Pilosa) and evolutionary considerations. Journal of Morphology, 278: 1380-1399.

Clozato, C.L., Miranda, F.R., Lara-Ruiz, P., Collevatti, R.G., Santos, F.R. (2017) Population structure and genetic diversity of the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla: Myrmecophagidae, Pilosa) in Brazil. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 40: 50-60.

Coimbra, R.T., Miranda, F.R., Lara, C.C., Schetino, M.A., Santos, F.R. (2017) Phylogeographic history of South American populations of the silky anteater Cyclopes didactylus (Pilosa: Cyclopedidae). Genetics and Molecular Biology, 40: 40-49.

Combosch, D.J., Collins, T.M., Glover, E.A., Graf, D.L., Harper, E.M., Healy, J.M., Kawauchi, G.Y., Lemer, S., Mcintyre, E., Strong, E.E., Taylor, J.D., Zardus, J.D., Mikkelsen, P.M., Giribet, G., Bieler, R. (2017). A family-level Tree of Life for bivalves based on a Sanger-sequencing approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107: 191-208.

Cordeiro, N. I. S., Andrade, J. T. M., Montresor, L. C., Luz, D. M. R., Araujo, J. M., Martinez, C. B., Pinheiro, J. & Vidigal, T. H. D. A. (2017) Physiological response of invasive mussel Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) submitted to transport and experimental conditions. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 77, 191–198.

Costa, S.G.S., Klompen, H., Santos, E.B., Favretto, M.A. & Pepato, A.R. (2017) Two new Brazilian Parasitengona larvae: Callidosoma (Acari, Erythraeidae) parasite of Lepidoptera and Durenia (Acari, Trombellidae) parasite of Culicidae (Diptera), with keys to the species. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 22: 42.

Dias, A. M. S., Fonseca, A., Paglia, A. P. (2017) Biodiversity monitoring in the environmental impact assessment of mining projects: a (persistent) waste of time and money? Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 15 (3), 206-208.

Dias, C.A.R., Santos Jr., J.E., Perini, F.A. & Santos, F.R. (2017) Biogeographic scenarios for the diversification of a widespread Neotropical species, Glossophaga soricina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Systematics and Biodiversity, 15: 440-450.

Duarte, M. H. L., Kaizer, M. C., Young, R. J., Rodrigues, M. & Sousa-Lima, R. S. (2017) Mining noise affects loud call structures and emission patterns of wild black-fronted titi monkeys. Primates, 59, 89-97.

Ferrari, R.R., Nemésio, A. & Silveira, F.A. (2017) Phylogeny of the orchid-bee genus Euglossa Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with emphasis on the subgenera E. (Glossura) Cockerell and E. (Glossuropoda) Moure. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 267: 82-100.

Ferreira, D.F. & Lopes, L.E. (2017) Natural history of the Lined Seedeater (Aves: Thraupidae) in southeastern Brazil. Journal of Natural History, 51: 23-34.

Freitas, F.V. & Silveira, F.A. (2017). Synopsis of the bee genus Thygater Holmberg 1884 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, with the description of a new species and a key to all Brazilian species. Zootaxa, 4238: 1-29

Garbino, G. S. T. & Tavares, V. C. (2017) A Quaternary record of the big-eyed bat Chiroderma villosum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) with a revised lower molar terminology. Mammalia, 1, 1-7.

Genrich, C. M., Mello, M. A. R., Silveira, F. A. O., Bronstein, J. L. & Paglia, A.P. (2017) Duality of interaction outcomes in a plant-frugivore multilayer network. Oikos, 126, 361-368.

Gonçalves-Souza, P., Schlindwein, C., Dötterl, S., Paiva, E.A.S. 2017. Unveiling the osmophores of Philodendron adamantinum (Araceae) as a means to understanding interactions with pollinators. Annals of Botany 119: 533-543

Gregorin, R., Bernard, E., Lobao, K. W., Oliveira, L. F., Machado, F. S., Gil, B. B. & Tavares, V. C.(2017) Vertical stratification in bat assemblages of the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 1, 1-10.

Laurindo, R.S., Gregorin, R. & Tavares, D.C. Effects of biotic and abiotic factors on the temporal dynamic of bat-fruit interactions. Acta Oecologica, 83: 38-47.

Laurindo, R.S., Novaes, R.L.M., Souza, R.F., Souza, V.F., Felix, F., Souto, T.M., Cunha, R.G.T. & Gregorin, R. Mamíferos em remanescentes florestais de um ecótono Mata Atlântica-Cerrado no sudeste do Brasil. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 12: 19-29.

Lavor, P., Jacobi, C. M., Carmo, F. F. & Versieux, L. (2017) Notes on the floral biology, seed morphology and post-seminal development of Vriesea minarum L.B.Sm., an endangered Bromeliaceae of Southeastern Brazil. Journal of the Bromeliad Society, 66, 87-101.

Leite, F.S.F., Mascarenhas, L. & Eterovick, P.C. (2017). Diversidade de anfíbios associada às lagoas naturais da chapada de canga e sua importância para a conservação da anurofauna dos geossistemas ferruginosos. In: Kamino, L.H.Y. & Carmo, F.F. (Org.). Diversidade de anfíbios associada às lagoas naturais da chapada de canga e sua importância para a conservação da anurofauna dos geossistemas ferruginosos. 1ed.: 3i Editora, p. 274-294.

Lemos, T.H., Diniz, L.T.S., Alves, J.G.M. & Perini, F. A. (2017) Description of an abnormal skull of Caluromys philander (Didelphidae: Caluromyinae). Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Mastozoologia, 78: 1-4.

Lima, F. B., Muylaert, G. L., Jenkins, R., Perilli, C. N., Paschoal, M. L. L. O., Massara, A. M., Lima, R., Paglia, A.P., et al. (2017) ATLANTIC-CAMTRAPS: a dataset of medium and large terrestrial mammal communities in the Atlantic Forest of South America. Ecology, 98, 2979-2979.

Lima, L. G., Svartman, M. & Kuhn, G. C. S. (2017) Dissecting the Satellite DNA Landscape in Three Cactophilic Drosophila Sequenced Genomes. G3-Genes Genomes Genetics, g3.117.042093.

Lobo, L. S., Lessa, G., Cartelle, C. & Romano, P. S. R. (2017) Dental eruption sequence and hypsodonty index of a Pleistocene macraucheniid from the Brazilian Intertropical Region. Journal of Paleontology, 91, 1-8.

Lopes, L.E. (2017) Morphological variation of the Long-tailed Reed Finch Donacospiza albifrons (Vieillot, 1817) (Aves: Thraupidae). Zootaxa, 4329: 201-218.

Lopes, L.E. (2017) Variation of plumage patterns, geographic distribution and taxonomy of the Unicolored Blackbird (Aves: Icteridae). Zootaxa, 4221: 431-456.

Lopes, L.E. & Piacentini, V.Q. (2017) Evidence of hybrid origin for Tachyphonus nattereri Pelzeln, 1870 (Aves: Thraupidae). Zootaxa, 4277: 386-398.

Lopes, L.E., Reis, J.N., Moura, A.S., Correa, B.S., Carvalho, C.M.S., Peixoto, H.J.C., Vasconcelos, M.F., Maldonado-Coelho, M. & Rezende, M.A. (2017) Aves de três municípios do Alto Rio São Francisco, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Atualidades Ornitológicas, 196: 49-62.

Lopes, L.E., Vasconcelos, M.F. & Gonzaga, L.A.P. (2017) A cryptic new species of hummingbird of the Campylopterus largipennis complex (Aves: Trochilidae). Zootaxa, 4268: 1-33.

Lopez-Baucells, A., Rocha, R., Tavares, V. C., Moras, L. M., Silva, S. E., Bobrowiec, P. E. D. & Meyer, C. F. (2017) Molecular, morphological and acoustic identification of Eumops maurus and E. hansae (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with new reports from Central Amazonia. Tropical Zoology, 1, 1-20.

Machado, A. B. M. & Lacerda, D. S. S. (2017) Revalidation of Platystigma Kennedy, 1920, with a synopsis of the quadratum species group and the description of three new species (Odonata: Pseudostigmatidae). Zootaxa, 4242, 493-516.

Machado, T.L.S.S., Lombardi, V.T., Meirelles, R.C., Teixeira, J.P.G., Solar, R.C.C. & Lopes, L.E. (2017) Breeding biology of the threatened Campo Miner Geositta poeciloptera (Aves: Scleruridae), a Neotropical grassland specialist. Journal of Natural History, 51: 2551-2563.

Magalhães I.L.F., Brescovit A.D. & Santos A.J. (2017) Phylogeny of Sicariidae spiders (Araneae: Haplogynae), with a monograph on Neotropical Sicarius. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 179(4): 767–864. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12442

Magalhães I.L.F., Martins P.H., Nogueira A.A. & Santos A.J. (2017) Finding hot singles: matching males to females in dimorphic spiders (Araneidae: Micrathena) using phylogenetic placement and DNA barcoding. Invertebrate Systematics, 31: 8–36.

Magalhaes, A. L. B. & Jacobi, C. M. (2017) Colorful invasion in permissive Neotropical ecosystems: establishment of ornamental non-native poeciliids of the genera Poecilia/Xiphophorus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) and management alternatives. Neotropical Ichthyology, 15, e1600941-e16009413.

Magalhães, R. F., Lemes, P., Camargo, A., Oliveira, U., Brandão, R. A., Thomassen, H., Garcia, P. C. A., Leite, F. S. F. & Santos, F. R. (2017). Evolutionarily significant units of the critically endangered leaf frog Pithecopus ayeaye (Anura, Phyllomedusidae) are not effectively preserved by the Brazilian protected areas network. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 8812-8828.

Mariani, T. F. & Romano, P. S. R. (2017) Intra-specific variation and allometry of the skull of Late Cretaceous side-necked turtle Bauruemys elegans (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) and how to deal with morphometric data in fossil vertebrates. PeerJ, 5, e2890.

Mati, V. L. T., Bicalho, R. S. & Melo, A. L. (2017) Exploring possibilities for an alternative approach in experimental schistosomiasis mansoni: the peritoneal cavity of mice. Acta Parasitologica, 62, 178-187.

Mesquita, J.N., Costa, B.K.P., Schlindwein, C. (2017). Heteranthery as a solution to the demand for pollen as food and for pollination – Legitimate flower visitors reject flowers without feeding anthers. Plant Biology 19: 942-950.

Miranda, J. B., Borges, I. A., Campos, S. P. S., Vieira, F. N., Ázara, T. M. F., Marques, F. A., Costa, G. B., Luis, A. P. M. F., Oliveira, J. S., Ferreira, P. C. P., Bonjardim, C. A., Silva, S. L. M., Eiras, Á. E., Abrahão, J. S., Kroon, E. G., Drumond, B. P., Paglia, A. P. & Trindade, G. S. (2017) Serologic and Molecular Evidence of Vaccinia Virus Circulation among Small Mammals from Different Biomes, Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23, 931-938.

Miranda, L. S., Branch, G.M., Collins, A.G., Hirano, Y.M., Marques, A.C., Griffiths, C.L. (2017) Stalked jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Staurozoa) of South Africa, with the description of Calvadosia lewisi sp. nov.. Zootaxa, 4227: 369-389.

Miranda, L. S., García-Rodríguez, J., Collins, A.G., Morandini, A.C., Marques, A.C. (2017) Evolution of the claustrum in Cnidaria: comparative anatomy reveals that it is exclusive to some species of Staurozoa and absent in Cubozoa. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 17: 753-766.

Mourão, F. A., Pinheiro, R. B. P., Figueira, J. E. C. & Jacobi, C. M. (2017) Resource-directed foraging of the neotropical mistletoe Struthanthus flexicaulis (Loranthaceae). Plant Biology, 19, 1-10.

Nunes, A.P., Straube, F. C., Laps, R. R. & Posso, S. R. (2017) Checklist das aves do Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia Serie Zoologia, 107, 1-19.

Oliveira U., Brescovit A.D. & Santos A. J. (2017) Sampling effort and species richness assessment: a case study on Brazilian spiders. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26: 1481–1493. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-017-1312-1

Oliveira U., Soares-Filho B.S., Paglia A.P., Brescovit A.D., Carvalho C.J.B., Silva D.P., Rezende D.T., Leite F.S.F., Batista J.A.N., Pena-Barbosa J.P.P., Stehmann J.R., Ascher J.S., Vasconcelos M.F., De Marco P., Löwenberg-Neto P., Dias P.G., Ferro V.G. & Santos A.J. (2017) Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas. Scientific Reports, 9141. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08707-2

Oliveira U., Vasconcelos M.F. & Santos A.J. (2017) Biogeography of Amazon birds: rivers limit species composition, but not areas of endemism. Scientific Reports, 7: 2992. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03098-w

Oliveira, U., Brescovit, A. D. & Santos, A. J. (2017). Sampling effort and species richness assessment: a case study on Brazilian spiders. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1, 1-13.

Oliveira, U., Soares-Filho, B. S., Paglia, A. P., Brescovit, A. D., Carvalho, C. J. B., Silva, D. P., Rezende, D. T., Leite, F. S. F., Batista, J. A. N., Barbosa, J. P. P. P., Stehmann, J. R., Ascher, J. S., Vasconcelos, M. F., Marco, P., Löwenberg-Neto, P., Ferro, V. G. & Santos, A. J. (2017). Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas. Scientific Reports, 7, 1-9.

Oliveira, U., Soares-Filho, B.S., Paglia, A. P., Brescovit, A.D., Carvalho, C.J.B., Silva, D.P., Rezende, D. T., Leite, F.S.F. et al. (2017). Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas. Scientific Reports, 7: 9141.

Oliveira, U., Vasconcelos, M. F. & Santos, A. J. (2017). Biogeography of Amazon birds: rivers limit species composition, but not areas of endemism. Scientific Reports, 7, 1-11.

Paim, F. P., Chapman, C. A., Queiroz, H. L. & Paglia, A. P. (2017) Does Resource Availability Affect the Diet and Behavior of the Vulnerable Squirrel Monkey, Saimiri vanzolinii? International Journal of Primatology, 38, 572–587.

Parisi Dutra, R., Casali, D.M., Missagia, R.V., Gasparini, G.M., Perini, F. A. & Cozzuol, M. A. (2017) Phylogenetic systematics of peccaries (Tayassuidae: Cetartiodactyla) and a classification of South American tayassuids. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 24: 345-358.

Parisi Dutra, R., Missagia, R.V., Perini, F.A., Cozzuol, M.A., Gasparini, G.M., Guedes, P.G. & Salles, L.O. (2017) Fossil peccaries of Late Pleistocene/Holocene (Cetartiodactyla, Tayassuidae) from underwater caves of Serra da Bodoquena (Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil). Historical Biology, 29: 85-92.

Pasa, R., Cruvinel, L.A. & Kavalco, K.F. (2017) Parallel evolution evidenced by molecular data in the banded-tetra (Astyanax fasciatus). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 70: 141-146.

Pena, J. C. C., Goulart, F., Fernandes, G. W., Hoffmann, D., Leite, F. S.F., Santos, N. B., Soares-Filho, B., Sobral-Souza, T., Vancine, M. H. & Rodrigues, M. (2017) Impacts of mining activities on the potential geographic distribution of eastern Brazil mountaintop endemic species. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 15, 172-178.

Pena, J. C. C., Martello, F., Ribeiro, M. C., Armitage, R. A., Young, R. J. & Rodrigues, M. (2017) Street trees reduce the negative effects of urbanization on birds. Plos One, 12, e0174484,.

Pereira, A. A. S., Paz, G. F., Ferreira, E.C., Lima, A. C. V. M. R., Tonelli, G. B., Rêgo, F. D., Paglia, A.P., Andrade Filho, J. D., Gontijo, C.M.F. (2017) Detection of Leishmania spp in silvatic mammals and isolation of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis from Rattus rattus in an endemic area for leishmaniasis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. PLoS One, 12, 1-9.

Pinho, F. F., Ferreira, G. B. & Paglia, A. P. (2017) Influence of vegetation physiognomy, elevation and fire frequency on medium and large mammals in two protected areas of the Espinhaço Range. ZOOLOGIA (CURITIBA. ONLINE), 34, 1-11.

Pinto, H.A., Mati, V. L. T., Pujoni, D. F. & Melo, A. L. (2017) Platynosomum illiciens (Trematoda: Dicrocoeliidae) in Captive Black-Tufted Marmoset Callithrix penicillata (Primates: Cebidae) from Brazil: A Morphometric Analyses with Taxonomic Comments on Species of Platynosomum from Nonhuman Primates. Journal of Parasitology, 103, 14-21.

Pinto, H.A., Pulido-Murillo, E. A., Melo, A. L. & Brant, S. V. (2017) Putative new genera and species of avian schistosomes potentially involved in human cercarial dermatitis in the Americas, Europe and Africa. Acta Tropica, 176, 415-420.

Previatto, D. M., Goncalves, G. L., Ortiz, M. C, Melo-Soarez, C.D. & Posso, S. R. (2017) Morphology of the copulatory organ in (Aves: Cracidae) and early evolution of the phallus in birds. Acta Zoologica, 1-10.

Raizer J., Brescovit A.D., Oliveira U. & Santos A.J. (2017) Diversidade e composição da araneofauna do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia (Série Zoologia), 107(supl.): e2017109. DOI: 10.1590/1678-4766e2017109

Ramos, E. K. S., Magalhães, R. F., Sari, E. H. R., Rosa, A. H. B., Garcia, P. C. A. & Santos, F. R. (2017) Population genetics and distribution data reveal conservation concerns to the sky island endemic Pithecopus megacephalus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae). Conservation Genetics, 19, 99-110.

Rocha, P. A., Tavares, V. C., Pedroso, M. A., Beltrao-Mendes, R., Ruiz-Esparza, J. & Ferrari, S. F. (2017) First record of Dermanura anderseni (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) for the Atlantic Forest. Mammalia, v. 0, p. 1-5.

Rocha, P. C., Lacerda, J. V. A., Magalhães, R.F., Canedo, C.C., Pimenta, B.V.S., Heitor, R.C. & Garcia, P.C.A. (2017) Call variation and vocalizations of the stealthy litter frog Ischnocnema abdita (Anura: Brachycephalidae). Acta Herpetologica, v. 12, p. 37-48.

Rocha, P.C., Ferraz, L., Pezzuti, T.L., Leite, F. S. F., Svartman, M., Garcia, P.C.A., Baldo, D. & Rosset, S.D. (2017). A new diploid species belonging to the Odontophrynus americanus species group (Anura: Odontophrynidae) from the Espinhaço range, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4329: 327-350.

Rocha, P.C., Pezzuti, T.L., Leite, F.S.F., Svartman, M., Baldo, D., Rosset, S. & Garcia, P. C. A. (2017) A new diploid species belonging to the Odontophrynus americanus species group (Anura: Odontophrynidae) from the Espinhaço range, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4329, 327-350.

Rodrigues B.V.B., Aguiar-Neto M.B., Martíns M.B., Brescovit A.D., Santos A.J., Oliveira U. & Bonaldo A.B. (2017) Spider species richness and sampling effort at Cracraft´s Belém area of endemism. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 89(3): 1543–1553. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201720150378

Rodrigues, B. V. B., Aguiar-Neto, M. B., Oliveira, U., Santos, A. J., Brescovit, A. D., Martíns, M. B. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2017). Spider species richness and sampling effort at Cracraft’s Belém Area of Endemism. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 1, 1-11.

Rodrigues, M.T., Recoder, R., Teixeira, M., Roscito, J., Guerrero, A., Nunes, P., Freitas, M., Fernandes, D., Bocchiglieri, A., Vechio, F., Leite, F. S. F. et al. (2017). A morphological and molecular study of Psilops, a replacement name for the Brazilian microteiid lizard genus Psilophthalmus Rodrigues 1991 (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa, 4286: 451-482.

Rodrigues, S.S., Lopes, L.E. & Marini, M.Â. (2017) Breeding biology of Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus in a natural savanna of Central Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 25: 237-244.

Sales, L. P., Ribeiro, B. R., Hayward, M. W., Paglia, A. P., Passamani, M. & Loyola, R. (2017) Niche conservatism and the invasive potential of the wild boar. Journal of Animal Ecology, 86, 1214-23.

Santos, A. J. (2017) The jumping lynx spider Oxyopes salticus Hentz, 1845 and its Neotropical relatives (Araneae: Oxyopidae). Zootaxa, 4216(5): 457–481. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4216.5.3

Santos, A. J. & Gonzaga, M. O. (2017) Systematics and natural history of Uaitemuri, a new genus of the orb-weaving spider family Uloboridae (Araneae: Deinopoidea) from southeastern Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 180(1): 155–174. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12471

Santos, A. J., Brescovit, A.D., Oliveira-Tomasi, M., Russo, P. & Oliveira, U. (2017) Curves, maps and hotspots: the diversity and distribution of araneomorph spiders in the Neotropics. Pp. 1–28, In: Viera C. & Gonzaga M.O. (Eds) Behaviour and Ecology of Spiders. Contributions from the Neotropical Region. Springer, Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-319-65716-5.

Santos, A. M. O., Jacobi, C. M. & Silveira, F. A. O. E. (2017) Frugivory and seed dispersal effectiveness in two Miconia (Melastomataceae) species from ferruginous campo rupestre. Seed Science Research, 27, 1-9.

Santos, M. T. T., Pezzuti, T. L., Barata, I. M., Leite, F. S. F. & Garcia, P. C. A (2017) The tadpole of the microendemic, bromeligenous Crossodactylodes itambe (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from the endangered campo rupestre of southeastern Brazil, with additional comments on natural history. South American Journal of Herpetology, 12, 14-23.

Schetino, M.A., Coimbra, R.T. & Santos, F.R. (2017) Time scaled phylogeography and demography of Bradypus torquatus (Pilosa: Bradypodidae). Global Ecology and Conservation, 11: 224-235.

Secco, H., Gomes, L.A., Lemos, H., Mayer, F. Machado, T., Guerreiro, M. & Gregorin, R. Road and landscape features that affect bat roadkills in southeastern Brazil. Oecologia Australis, 21: 323-336.

Tavares, V. C., Oliveira, C. C. N., Palmuti, C. F. S., Nogueira, E. P. P., Gomes, J. D., Marcos, M. H., Silva, R. F., Farias, S. & Bobrowiec, P. E. D. (2017) The Bat Fauna from Southwestern Brazil and Its Affinities with the Fauna of Western Amazon. Acta Chiropterologica, 19, 93-106.

Thomassen, H., Gomides, S.C., Silva, E.T., Pinto, H.B.A., Leite, F. S. F. & Garcia, P.C.A. (2017). New state record and updated geographic distribution for the little known Psilophthalmus paeminosus (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). North-Western Journal of Zoology, 13: 171-175.

Thomassen, H., Gomides, S.C., Silva, E.T., Pinto, H.B.A., Leite, F.S.F. & Garcia, P.C.A. (2017) New state record and updated geographic distribution for the little known Psilophthalmus paeminosus (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). North-Western Journal of Zoology, 13, 171-175.