Reptiles, Squamata, Parque Natural Municipal da Taquara, municipality of Duque de Caxias, state of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil

Herein we report a list of the reptiles from Parque Natural Municipal da Taquara, municipality of Duque deCaxias, state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, an area situated in the Atlantic Rainforest Domain. The study wascarried out from September 2006 to October 2008. We recorded 31 species of Squamate reptiles: one species of thefamily Amphisbaenidae; eight species of lizards of the families Anguidae (n = 1), Gekkonidae (1), Phyllodactylidae (1),Polychrotidae (1), Scincidae (1), Teiidae (2), and Tropiduridae (1); and 22 species of snakes of the families Boidae (2),Colubridae (6), Dipsadidae (11), Elapidae (1), and Viperidae (2). Our study indicates that the PNMT is an important area forthe conservation of the Squamate reptile assemblages that inhabit lowlands of Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection in bovine oocytes as potencial reproductive strategy for endangered breeds.

Edited by Arthur da Silva Mariante; Concepta McManus and Antonieta Nassif Salomao

Destoxificação da torta de mamona com sementes de Albizia lebbeck.

Objetivou-se com esse estudo destoxificar a torta de mamona por meio de hidrólise da ricina utilizando-se sementes trituradas de Albizia lebbeck. O extrato de sementes de Albizia foi capaz de degradar a ricina presente na torta de mamona, se mostrado como mais um método com potencial para a destoxificação desse resíduo agroindustrial