Our Publications
2024
Filial cannibalism in rainbow boas (Epicrates cenchria and E. assisi) 📄
Ramos G, Lima TO, Almeida-Santos SM.
Theriogenology Wild 5: 100111.
First record of male-male combat in the yellow-bellied puffing snake Spilotes sulphureus 📄
Araújo G, Ramalho R, Almeida-Santos SM.
Amphibia-Reptilia (published online ahead of print 2024).
Male genital system of Ameiva ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) 📄
Maciel ES, Zieri R, Almeida-Santos SM.
Anatomical Record (early view): 1-10.
Male-male combat in free-ranging Epicrates crassus from South America 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Cunha ALS, Marques OAV.
Herpetology Notes 17: 229-231.
First in-situ record of courtship and mating in Neuwied’s Lancehead, Bothrops neuwiedi 📄
Garani Y, Costa HC, Rodrigues-Neto AC, Duarte SJ, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetology Notes 17: 221-223.
Revisiting the green ameiva, Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758), corpse bride: dead bodies tell stories 📄
Ramalho RA, Costa HC, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetology Notes 17-83: 251-258.
Reproductive cycles of two island pitvipers species determined by ultrasonography and radiography 📄
Garcia VC, Almeida-Santos SM.
Anatomia Histologia Embryologia 74-83: e13038.
Cycle of the sexual segment of the kidney: histological insights into the role of the urinary tract in the reproduction of male Notomabuya frenata 📄
Migliore SN, Ramalho RA, Araújo GS, Almeida-Santos SM.
Zoology 162, 126146.
Peering into the unknown world of amphisbaenians: A summary of the life history of Amphisbaena alba 📄
Jared C, Barros Filho JD, Jared SGS, Alexandre C, Mailho-Fontana PL, Almeida-Santos SM, Antoniazzi MM.
Acta Zoologica.
2023
Reproductive Strategies of the Golden Lancehead, Bothrops insularis, from Queimada Grande Island 📄
Kasperoviczus KN, Braz HB, Amorim LGS, Almeida-Santos SM.
In: Islands and Snakes: Diversity and Conservation. Lillywhite HB, Martins, M. Oxford University Press. p. 55-66.
Sperm storage in Crotalus durissus: histological insights about the female reproductive tract of pit vipers 📄
Jurkfitz RC, Silva KMP, Almeida-Santos SM.
Zoomorphology
Sexual maturity of Bothrops asper from Costa Rica 📄
Silva KMP, Almeida-Santos SM, Bravo-Vega CA, Sasa M.
Phyllomedusa 22(1), 75-80.
Does reproductive effort influence the metabolic rate of Tomodon dorsatus snakes? 📄
Lima‐Santos J, Almeida‐Santos SM, de Carvalho JE, Brasileiro CA.
Acta Zoologica
Reproductive maturity and sexual dimorphism of a population of Amerotyphlops brongersmianus from a Restinga area in southeastern Brazil 📄
Khouri RS, Almeida-Santos SM, Fernandes DS.
The Anatomical Record
Ultrasonographic and radiographic evaluation of gestation in golden lanceheads (Bothrops insularis) in ex situ breeding programs 📄
Garcia VC, Amorim LGS, Esteves RG, Carvalho-e-Silva AMPT, Almeida-Santos SM.
Zoo Biology
Pelvic spur use during courtship and mating in the red-tailed boa, Boa constrictor 📄
Anzai RK, Eleuterio NF, Lima TO, Manfio RH, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Bulletin 163, 35-36
2022
First record of male-male combat and courtship in the brown vine snake Oxybelis aeneus 📄
Araújo GS, Ramalho RA, Marques OAV, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Bulletin 162, 45-46.
Boa constrictor (Red-tailed Boa). Reproduction and Mating Aggregation 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Sawaya RJ.
Herpetological Review 53(4), 690-691.
Reproductive biology, sperm storage, and sexual maturity of Thamnodynastes strigatus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) 📄
Loebens L, Theis TF, Almeida-Santos SM, Cechin SZ.
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciência 94 (2), e20211087.
Bothrops jarararaca (jararaca) Reproduction. 📄
Ferreto BF, Khouri RS, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Review 53(3), 506-506.
Chironius laevicollis (Brazilian Sipo). Mating behavior 📄
Araújo GS, Almeida-Santos SM. Migliore SN, Lobo LM.
Herpetological Review 53(2), 335-336.
Male reproductive cycle of Bothrops pubescens (Serpentes, Viperidae) from southern Brazil 📄
Barros VA, Silva KMP, Rojas CA, Almeida-Santos SM.
South American Journal of Herpetology, 24(1),1-10.
Morphological and structural differences between the hemipenes and hemiclitores of golden lancehead snakes, Bothrops insularis revealed by radiography 📄
Garcia VC, Amorim LGS, Almeida-Santos SM.
Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia 51(4): 557-560.
Effects of pregnancy on the body temperature of the South American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus, in southeastern Brazil 📄
Marinho PS, Ortega-Chinchilla JE, Braz HB, Almeida-Santos SM.
South American Journal of Herpetology 23(1), 267-74.
Reproductive ecology of the Amaral’s Blind Snake Trilepida koppesi in an area of Cerrado in south-eastern Brazil 📄
Khouri RS, Fiorillo BF, Braz HB, Maciel JH, Almeida-Santos SM, Martins M.
Herpetological Journal 32(2), 70-79.
First report of male–male combat in free-ranging Amazonian Common Lanceheads (Bothrops atrox) 📄
Fonseca WL, Correa RR, Oliveira AS, Braz HB, Almeida-Santos SM, Bernarde PS.
Canadian Journal of Zoology 100, 239-242.
Reproductive strategies of the semifossorial snake Atractus zebrinus from the Atlantic Forest 📄
Siqueira LHC, Lima-Santos J, Silva KMP.
Cuadernos de Herpetología 36(1).
Intense male-male ritual combat in the Micrurus ibiboboca complex (Elapidae) from northeastern South America 📄
Missassi AFR, Coeti RZ, Almeida-Santos SM, Prudente ALC.
Herpetological Conservation and Biology 17(1), 204-216.
2021
Morphology and seasonality of the sexual segment of the kidney in genus Bothrops snakes 📄
Silva KMP, Almeida-Santos SM, Lobo LM, Bravo-Vega CA, Rici REG, Sasa M.
Journal of Morphology
Uso da acupuntura como método auxiliar na doença de Paget na serpente Bothrops insularis 📄
Garcia VC, Prado CVGB, Almeida-Santos SM.
Anais XI Congresso Brasileiro de Acupuntura Veterinária
Agonistic and mating behaviour of the endemic lizard Trachylepis atlantica from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil 📄
Gasparotto VPO, Migliore SN, Pinheiro R, Dias RA, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Bulletin 158, 16-23
Mating behaviour of the lizard Ameiva ameiva in Brazil 📄
Ramalho RA, Lobo LM, Migliore SN, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Bulletin 158, 1-5
Dominant and submissive behaviour in the rattlesnake Crotalus durissus under semi-natural conditions 📄
Batista SF, Muniz-da-Silva DF, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Bulletin 157, 21-24
Mating up in the trees: a new reproductive behaviour in Bothrops jararaca 📄
da Costa BM, de Souza E, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Notes 14, 1199-1202.
Reproductive Strategies of New World Coralsnakes
Almeida-Santos SM, Coeti RZ, Bassi EA.
In: Silva-Jr. NJ, Aird SD. (Org.). The Coralsnakes of Brazil and the Meridional South America. 1ed. Utah: Eagle Mountain Publishing, p. 335-352.
Coralsnake Accidents and the Instituto Butantan
Risk JY, Cardoso JL, Sueiro LR, Almeida-Santos SM.
In: Silva-Jr. NJ, Aird SD. (Org.). The Coralsnakes of Brazil and the Meridional South America. 1ed. Utah: Eagle Mountain Publishing, p. 677-702.
Reproductive cycles of neotropical boid snakes evaluated by ultrasound 📄
Garcia VC, Almeida-Santos SM.
Zoo Biology
Biologia reprodutiva das jararacas brasileiras
Almeida-Santos SM.
In: Toledo LF (org.). Herpetologia Brasileira Contemporânea. Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia, p. 106-121.
Bites by Philodryas olfersii and Philodryas aestiva in São Paulo, Brazil: A retrospective observational study of 155 cases 📄
Castro FC, Souza SN, Almeida-Santos SM, Miyaji KT, de Medeiros CR.
Toxicon
Short‐term cold storage of seminal samples of the golden lancehead pitviper (Bothrops insularis) 📄
Silva KB, Frediani MH, Angrimani DSR, Coeti, RZ, Pereira RJG, Nichi M, Almeida-Santos SM.
Zoo Biology
Mating in free-ranging Neotropical rattlesnakes, Crotalus durissus: Is it risky for males? 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Santos T, Lobo LM.
Herpetology Notes 14: 225–227.
Extinction risk evaluation and population size estimation of Bothrops insularis, a critically endangered insular pitviper species of Brazil 📄
Abrahão CR, Amorim LG, Magalhães AM, Azevedo CR, Grisi-Filho JHH, Dias RA.
South American Journal of Herpetology 19: 32–39.
Sperm storage in coral snakes: A spermatozoa ultrastructural approach 📄
Coeti RZ, Antoniazzi MM, Sánchez R, Almeida-Santos SM.
Zoologischer Anzeiger 290: 49-57.
Acidentes com animais peçonhentos – Identificação, prevenção e tratamento
Garcia VC.
Boletim Técnico ABRAVAS, Ano V – Mai/2021 – nº 58
2020
Semen collection and evaluation in Micrurus corallinus 📄
Coeti RZ, Silva KB, Puorto G, Travaglia-Cardoso SR, Almeida‐Santos SM.
Herpetological Conservation and Biology.
Reproduction in the bushmaster (Lachesis muta): Uterine muscular coiling and female sperm storage 📄
de Souza E, Almeida‐Santos SM.
Acta Zoologica.
Helicops gomesi. Diet and Reproduction 📄
Braz HB.
Herpetological Review 51(4):866-867.
Thamnodynastes strigatus (Coastal House Snake). Reproduction 📄
Braz HB, Scartozzoni RR.
Herpetological Review 51(4): 880.
Evidence of facultative parthenogenesis in three Neotropical pitviper species of the Bothrops atrox group 📄
Cubides-Cubillos SD, Patané JSL, Silva KMP, Almeida-Santos SM, Polydoro DS, Galassi GG, Travaglia Cardoso SR, Silva MJJ.
PeerJ 8: e10097.
Reproductive cycles of neotropical boid snakes evaluated by ultrasound 📄
Garcia VC, Almeida-Santos SM.
Zoo Biology
Enterococcus faecalis causes osteitis deformans in a Golden Lancehead snake (Bothrops insularis): a case report 📄
Garcia VC, Navas-Suárez PE, Fonseca-Pinto ACBC, Unruh SM, Knöbl T, Vac MH, Momo C, Lugo MAA, Catão-Dias JL, Almeida-Santos SM.
Braz J Vet Res Anim Sci. 57(4): e163926
Genetic variability, management, and conservation implications of the critically endangered Brazilian pitviper Bothrops insularis 📄
Salles‐Oliveira I, Machado T, Banci K, Almeida‐Santos, SM, Silva, MJ.
Ecology and Evolution
Biologia reprodutiva das serpentes jararacas: ciclos e comportamentos, dimorfismo e maturidade sexual 📄
Barros VA, Rojas CA, Almeida-Santos SM.
Novas Edições Acadêmicas. 173 p.
Reproduction in the pitviper Bothrops jararacussu: large females increase their reproductive output while small males increase their potential to mate 📄
Silva KMP, Braz HB, Kasperoviczus KN, Marques OAV, Almeida-Santos SM.
Zoology 142: 125816.
Reproductive biology of the sword snake Tomodon dorsatus in South Brazil: comparisons within the tribe Tachymenini 📄
Loebens L, Almeida-Santos SM, Cechin SZ.
Amphibia-Reptilia 41: 1-15.
Placosoma glabellum. Reproduction 📄
Migliore SN, Mendes A, Braz HB.
Herpetological Review 51(2): 334-335.
Ecpleopus gaudichaudii. Reproduction 📄
Migliore SN, Braz HB.
Herpetological Review 51(2): 330-331.
Infundibular sperm storage and uterine muscular twisting in the Amazonian lancehead, Bothrops atrox 📄
Silva KMP, Barros VA, Rojas CA, Almeida-Santos SM.
Anatomical Record 303:3145-3154.
Anatomy of the reproductive system of a population of Amerotyphlops brongersmianus from southeastern Brazil 📄
Khouri RS, Almeida-Santos SM, Fernandes DS.
The Anatomical Record 303: 2485-2496.
An unusual copulation of Dipsas alternans in Atlantic Forest, Southeastern Brazil 📄
Marinho PS, Sueiro LR, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetology Notes 13:207-210.
Trachylepis atlantica (Noronha skink). Reproduction 📄
Migliore SN, Braz HB, Gasparotto V, Dias R, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Review 51: 132-133.
Identification of microchips through diagnostic imaging helps to determine the longevity of the golden lancehead (Bothrops insularis) in captivity 📄
Garcia VC, Unruh S, Almeida-Santos SM.
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia, 1: 281-284.
Caudal oviduct coiling in a viperid snake, Crotalus durissus 📄
Muniz-da-Silva DF, Passos J, Siegel DS, Almeida-Santos SM.
Acta Zoologica 99: 1-9.
2019
First record of mating of Bothrops insularis (Serpentes: Viperidae) in nature, with comments on sexual behaviour 📄
Amorim LGS, Azevedo CR, Azevedo WS, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetology Notes 12: 225-227.
Reproduction ecology of the recently invasive snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis on the island of Ibiza 📄
Montes E, Feriche M, Sueiro LR, Alaminos E, Pleguezuelos JM.
Current Zoology 66(4): 363-371.
Micrurus corallinus (Coral Snake). Reproduction 📄
Braz HB.
Herpetological Review 50: 395.
Reproductive biology of the fossorial snake Apostolepis gaboi: A threatened and poorly known species from the Caatinga region 📄
Braz HB, Kasperoviczus KN, Guedes TB.
South Am J Herpetol 14: 37-47.
Bothrops fonsecai (Fonseca’s Lancehead). Reproduction 📄
Menezes FA, Furtado SG, Feio RN, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Review 50: 586-587.
Morphological variation and sexual dimorphism in two sympatric dipsadine snakes from Southern Brazil 📄
Loebens L, Hendges CD, Almeida-Santos SM, Cechin SZ.
Zoologischer Anzeiger 280: 42-51.
Reproductive biology of Bothrops atrox from the Brazilian Amazon 📄
Silva KMP, Oliveira E, Sueiro LR, Silva KB, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetologica 75: 198-207.
Reproductive cycle and sperm storage of female coral snakes, Micrurus corallinus and M. frontalis 📄
Bassi EA, Coeti R, Almeida-Santos SM.
Amphibia-Reptilia
A histological and ultrastructural investigation of the female reproductive system of the water snake (Erythrolamprus miliaris): oviductal cycle and sperm storage 📄
Rojas CA, Barros VA, Almeida-Santos SM.
Acta Zoologica 100: 69-80.
The Queimada Grande Island and its Biological Treasure – The Golden Lancehead
Martins M, Sawaya RJ, Almeida-Santos SM, Marques OAV.
In: Lillywhite HB, Martins M. (org.). Island and Snakes – Isolation and Adaptive Evolution. 1 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 117-138.
2018
How does oocyte uptake occur? A macroscopic study of the ovarian and oviductal modifications for egg capture in the coral snake 📄
Bassi EA, Oliveira C, Braz HB, Almeida-Santos SM.
The Anatomical Record 301: 1936-1943.
Uterine and eggshell modifications associated with the evolution of viviparity in South American water snakes 📄
Braz HB, Almeida‐Santos SM, Murphy CR, Thompson MB.
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B 330: 165-180.
Reproductive biology of Philodryas patagoniensis in south Brazil: Female reproductive cycle 📄
Loebens L, Rojas CA, Almeida-Santos SM, Cechin SZ.
Acta Zoologica 99: 105-114.
Diagnóstico por imagem: Exame ultrassonográfico em serpentes
Garcia VC.
Boletim Técnico ABRAVAS, Ano II – Jul/2018 – nº 24
Deworming protocols of island snakes kept in capitivity at the Instituto Butantan 📄
Araoz ACC, Garcia VC, Pinto CM, Almeida-Santos SM.
Archieves of Veterinary Science 23: 35-42.
2017
Reproductive timing and fecundity in the Neotropical lizard Enyalius perditus 📄
Migliore SN, Braz HB, Barreto-Lima A, Almeida-Santos SM.
Acta Herpetologica 12: 187-191.
Bothrops pubescens. Sperm in the sexual segment of the kidneys 📄
Barros VA, Rojas CA, Silva KMP, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Review 48: 666.
Micrurus corallinus (Coral Snake) Reproduction. 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Coeti RZ, Bassi EA.
Herpetological Review 48: 862-862.
A rotten choice: feeding attempt by a coral snake (Micrurus frontalis) on a dead pitviper (Bothrops jararaca) that had swallowed a bulky rodent 📄
Marques OAV, Coeti RZ, Braga PA, Sazima I.
Herpetology Notes 10: 137-139.
Reproductive biology of the Brazilian lancehead, Bothrops moojeni, from the State of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Barros VA, Rojas CA, Sueiro LR, Nomura, RHC.
South American Journal of Herpetology 12:174-181.
Hundred legs good, two fangs better: adult centipede devoured by a juvenile Amazon lancehead, Bothrops atrox 📄
Silva KMP, Almeida-Santos SM, Bertani R.
Acta Amazonica 47: 171-174.
Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi (Coral Snake). Reproduction/Male-male combat 📄
Missassi AFR, Coeti RZ, Germano VJ, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Review 48: 215.
Mating plugs and male sperm storage in Bothrops cotiara 📄
Barros VA, Rojas, CA, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Journal 27: 63–67.
Reproductive biology of Philodryas patagoniensis in south Brazil: male reproductive cycle 📄
Loebens L, Cechin SZ, Theis TF, Moura LB, Almeida-Santos SM.
Acta Zoologica 98: 329-339.
2016
Morphology of Duvernoy’s glands and maxillary teeth and a possible function of the Duvernoy’s gland secretion in Helicops modestus 📄
Oliveira L, Scartozzoni RR, Almeida-Santos SM, Jared C, Antoniazzi MM, Salomão MG.
South American Journal of Herpetology 11: 54–65.
The South-American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus: feeding ecology in the central region of Brazil 📄
Hoyos MA, Almeida-Santos SM.
Biota Neotropica 16: e20140027.
Tail-first ingestion of prey by the false coral snake, Erythrolamprus aesculapii: Does it know where the tail is? 📄
Braz HB, Marques OAV.
Salamandra 52: 211–214.
Reproductive modes of the South American water snakes: A study system for the evolution of viviparity in squamate reptiles 📄
Braz HB, Scartozzoni RR, Almeida-Santos SM.
Zoologischer Anzeiger 263: 33–44.
Acidentes com Cobras-Corais e o Instituto Butantan
Risk JY, Cardoso JLC, Sueiro LR, Almeida-Santos SM.
In: Silva Jr NJ. (org.). As Cobras-Corais do Brasil. 1 ed. Goiás: Editora da PUC Goiás, p. 380-415.
Anfíbios e serpentes mantidos em instalações de instituições de ensino ou pesquisa científica
Jared C, Grego KF, Antoniazzi MM, Sant’Anna SS, Almeida-Santos SM, Mattaraia VGM.
In: Mattaraia VGM (org.). Guia brasileiro de produção, manutenção ou utilização de animais em atividades de ensino ou pesquisa científica – Anfíbios e serpentes mantidos em instalações de instituições de ensino ou pesquisa científica. 1 ed. Brasília: Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia, p. 40-83.
2015
Apostolepis dimidiata. Reproduction 📄
Braz HB, Heredias-Ribas CM, do Valle RR.
Herpetological Review 46: 443.
Annual changes in seminal variables of golden lancehead pitvipers (Bothrops insularis) maintained in captivity 📄
Silva KB, Zogno MA, Camillo AB, Pereira RJG, Almeida-Santos SM.
Animal Reproduction Science 163: 144-150.
The sexual attractiveness of the corpse bride: unusual mating behaviour of Helicops carinicaudus 📄
Siqueira MRS, Cavalheri DG, Coeti RZ, Almeida-Santos, SM.
Herpetology Notes 8: 643-647.
Avaliação ultrassonográfica do aparelho reprodutor em serpentes vivíparas da família Boidae 📄
Garcia VC, Vac, MH, Badiglian L, Almeida-Santos, SM.
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 35: 311-318.
Sperm storage and morphofunctional bases of the female reproductive tract of the snake Philodryas patagoniensis from southeastern Brazil 📄
Rojas CA, Barros VA, Almeida-Santos SM.
Zoomorphology 134: 577-586.
A suture method to optimize the condition of snake specimens in herpetological collections 📄
Hoyos MA, Almeida-Santos SM, Rojas CA.
Herpetological Review 46:27-29.
An elongated meal: The tegu lizard Salvator merianae eats snakes and amphisbaenians 📄
Kasperoviczus KN, Marques OAV.
Herpetology Notes 8: 21-23.
2014
Reproductive biology of Bothrops erythromelas from the Brazilian Caatinga 📄
Barros VA, Rojas CA, Almeida-Santos SM.
Advances in Zoology 2014: 1-11.
Ecology of the colubrid snake Spilotes pullatus from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil 📄
Marques OAV, Muniz-da-Silva DF, Barbo FE, Cardoso SRT, Maia DC, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetologica 70: 407-416.
Lizards from Estação Ecológica de Santa Bárbara, a remnant of Cerrado in the state of São Paulo, Brazil 📄
Araujo CO, Maffei F, Corrêa D, Moya G, Nascimento B, Almeida-Santos SM.
Check List 10: 1038-1043.
Is rainfall seasonality important for reproductive strategies in viviparous neotropical pit vipers? A case study with Bothrops leucurus from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest 📄
Barros VA, Rojas CA, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Journal 24: 69-77.
Reprodução de Bothrops spp. em criadouro conservacionista 📄
Silva KMP, Sueiro LR, Galassi GG, Almeida-Santos SM.
Veterinária e Zootecnia 20: 632-642.
Reproductive aspects of two Enyalius from the Atlantic forest in Southeastern Brazil 📄
Migliore SN, Braz HB, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetology Notes 7: 273-276.
Biologia reprodutiva de serpentes: recomendações para a coleta e análise de dados 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Braz HB, Santos LC, Sueiro LR, Barros VA, Rojas CA, Kasperoviczus KN.
Herpetologia Brasileira 3: 14-24.
Instituto Butantan e a jararaca-ilhoa: cem anos de história, mitos e ciência 📄
Kasperoviczus KN, Almeida-Santos SM.
Cadernos de História da Ciência 8: 255-269.
Reproductive ecology and diet of the fossorial snake Phalotris lativittatus in the Brazilian Cerrado 📄
Braz HB, Kasperoviczus KN, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Journal 24: 49-57.
2013
Male-male ritual combat in Spilotes pullatus 📄
Muniz-da-Silva DF, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Bulletin 126: 25-29.
Valores bioquímicos de jiboia (Boa constrictor) 📄
Silva KB, Viana, DC, Dourado DF, Sousa AL, Silva-Junior JR, Chaves DP, Oliveira AS.
Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science 50: 497-498.
Hemipenicectomia em jararaca-ilhoa (Bothrops insularis) – Relato de caso 📄
Silva KB, Muniz-da-Silva DF, Silva KMP, Garcia VC, Almeida-Santos SM.
Veterinária e Zootecnia 20: 453-458.
Anuros da Estação Ecológica de Santa Bárbara, um remanescente de formações abertas de Cerrado no estado de São Paulo 📄
Araujo CO, Corrêa DT, Almeida-Santos SM.
Biota Neotropica 13: 230-240.
Reproductive ecology of the threatned pitviper Bothrops insularis from Queimada Grande Island, southeastern Brazil 📄
Marques OAV, Kasperoviczus KN, Almeida-Santos SM.
Journal of Herpetology 47: 393-399.
Composição, riqueza e abundância de anuros em um remanescente de Cerrado e Mata Atlântica no estado de São Paulo 📄
Araujo CO, Almeida-Santos SM.
Biota Neotropica 13: 265-275.
Reproductive strategies of new world coral snakes, genus Micrurus 📄
Marques OAV, Pizzatto L, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetologica 69: 58-66.
Discovery of the second specimen of the African amphisbaenian Monopeltis kabindae 📄
Santos LC.
African Journal of Herpetology 2013: 1-8.
The reproductive cycle of the male sleep snake Sibynomorphus mikanii from southeastern Brazil 📄
Rojas CA, Barros VA, Almeida-Santos SM.
Journal of Morphology 274: 215-228.
2012
Microhabitat use by species of the genera Bothrops and Crotalus in semi-extensive captivity 📄
Gomes CA, Almeida-Santos SM.
The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 18: 393-398.
Maintaining rear-fanged snakes for venom production: An evaluation of mortality and survival rates of Philodryas olfersii and P. patagoniensis in captivity 📄
Braz HB, Rocha MMT, Furtado MFD.
The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 18: 164-172.
Reproductive biology of the neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus durissus from northeastern Brazil: a test of phylogenetic conservatism of reproductive patterns 📄
Barros VA, Sueiro LR, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Journal 22: 97-104.
Crotalus durissus (Neotropical rattlesnake): Reproduction 📄
Citadini JM, Barros VA, Puorto G, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Bulletin 119: 34-35.
2011
Natural nests of the false-coral snake Oxyrhopus guibei in southeastern Brazil 📄
Braz HB, Manço DG.
Herpetology Notes 4: 187-189.
Herpetofauna de um remanescente de cerrado no estado de São Paulo, sudeste do Brasil 📄
Araujo CO, Almeida-Santos SM.
Biota Neotropica 11: 1-16.
First report of hemiclitores in a female of the amphisbaenian Amphisbaena microcephala 📄
Kasperoviczus KN, Santos LC, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetology Notes 4: 41-43.
2010
Bites by the colubrid snake Philodryas patagoniensis: A clinical and epidemiological study of 297 cases 📄
Medeiros CR, Hess PL, Nicoleti AF, Sueiro LR, Duarte MR, Almeida-Santos SM, França FOS.
Toxicon 56: 1018-1024.
Bothrops insularis (Golden lancehead): Maximum length 📄
Rodrigues M, Bovo RP, Kasperoviczus KN, Marques OAV.
Herpetological Review 41: 89.
Anomalias cromáticas em Bothrops jararaca: Xantismo interfere na sobrevivência? 📄
Sueiro LR, Rojas CA, Risk JY, França FOS, Almeida-Santos SM.
Biotemas 23(1): 155-160.
The blunt-headed snake Imantodes cenchoa in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil 📄
Costa HC, Barros AB, Sueiro LR, Feio RN.
Biotemas 23: 173-176.
2009
Peptidase activities in the semen from the ductus deferens and uterus of the Neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus 📄
Marinho CE, Almeida-Santos SM, Yamasaki SC, Silveira PF.
Journal of Comparative Physiology B 179: 635-642.
Seasonal variation of peptidase activities in the reproductive tract of Crotalus durissus terrificus
Marinho CE, Almeida-Santos SM, Yamasaki SC, Silveira PF.
General and Comparative Endocrinology 160: 84-92. 📄
Mating and reproductive cycle in the Neotropical colubrid snake Chironius bicarinatus 📄
Marques OAV, Almeida-Santos SM, Rodrigues MG, Camargo R.
South American Journal of Herpetology 4: 76-80.
Natural history of the vine snake Oxybelis fulgidus from Brazil 📄
Scartozzoni RR, Salomão MG, Almeida-Santos SM.
South American Journal of Herpetology 4: 81-89.
Life history traits of the snake Phalotris lativittatus from the Brazilian Cerrado 📄
Braz HB, Araujo CO, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetology Notes 2: 163-164.
Reinventando o ambiente: Educação ambiental na educação infantil 📄
Barros VA, Tozoni-Reis MFC.
Cadernos de Educação (UFPel) 34: 135-151.
2008
Influência do ciclo do segmento sexual renal na determinação do acasalamento em Sibynomorphus mikanii (dormideira)
Rojas CA, Almeida-Santos SM.
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 28: 154-156.
Peptidase activities in Crotalus durissus terrificus semen 📄
Marinho CE, Almeida-Santos SM, Carneiro SM, Yamasaki SC, Silveira PF.
Reproduction 136: 767-776.
Dipsas indica bucephala (Snail-eating snake): Reproduction 📄
Braz HB, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Bulletin 106: 36-38.
Communal egg-laying and nest sites of the goo-eater snake Sibynomorphus mikanii in southeastern Brazil 📄
Braz HB, Franco FL, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Bulletin 106: 26-30.
2007
Biologia reprodutiva das serpentes brasileiras 📄
Pizzatto L, Almeida-Santos SM, Marques OAV.
In: Nascimento LB, Oliveira ME. (org.). Herpetologia no Brasil. Belo Horizonte: PUC Minas, p. 201-221.
Epidemiologia dos acidentes ofídicos na região noroeste do estado de São Paulo, Brasil 📄
Rojas CA, Gonçalves MR, Almeida-Santos SM.
Rev. Bras. Saúde Prod. Anim. 8: 193-204.
2006
Life-history adaptations to arboreality in snakes 
Pizzatto L, Almeida-Santos SM, Shine R.
Ecology 88(2): 359-366.
Intra-sex synchrony and inter-sex coordination in the reproductive timing of the Atlantic coral snake Micrurus corallinus in Brazil 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Pizzatto L, Marques OAV.
Herpetological Journal 16: 371-376.
Male-male ritualized combat in the Brazilian rainbow boa, Epicrates cenchria crassus 📄
Pizzatto L, Manfio RH, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Bulletin 95: 16-20.
Activity patterns in coral snakes genus Micrurus in south and southeastern Brazil 📄
Marques OAV, Almeida-Santos SM, Rodrigues MG.
South American Journal of Herpetology 2: 99-105.
Helicops leopardinus (Water snake): Reproduction 📄
Scartozzoni RR, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Bulletin 97: 39-40.
2005
Manutenção de serpentes em cativeiro no Instituto Butantan: I – A longevidade dos gêneros Bothrops, Crotalus e Lachesis 📄
Costa ACORC, Almeida-Santos SM, Germano VJ, Oliveira L, Scartozzoni RR, Salomão MG.
Publicações Avulsas do Instituto Pau Brasil 8-9: 63-68.
Manutenção de serpentes em cativeiro no Instituto Butantan: I – A longevidade do gênero Micrurus 📄
Oliveira L, Almeida-Santos SM, Costa ACORC, Scartozzoni RR, Germano VJ.
Publicações Avulsas do Instituto Pau Brasil 8-9: 55-61.
Animais peçonhentos no Município de Guarulhos, São Paulo: Incidência de acidentes e circunstâncias com vistas a sua prevenção 📄
Salomão MG, Albolea ABP, Sobreiro-Gonçalves E, Almeida-Santos SM.
Publicações Avulsas do Instituto Pau Brasil 8-9: 77-83.
Aspectos da reprodução da cobra bicuda Oxybelis fulgidus 📄
Scartozzoni RR, Almeida-Santos SM, Salomão MG.
Publicações Avulsas do Instituto Pau Brasil 8-9: 85-90.
A prática da Educação Ambiental pelo Instituto Butantan: A eficiência da permuta de soro antiofídico nas comunidades de Ibiúna, Juquitiba e Santana do Parnaíba, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil
Hauzman E, Costa ACORC, Salomão MG, Almeida-Santos SM.
Publicações Avulsas do Instituto Pau Brasil 8-9: 69-76.
2004
Reproductive biology of the southern Brazilian pitviper Bothrops neuwiedi pubescens 📄
Hartmann MT, Marques OAV, Almeida-Santos SM.
Amphibia-Reptilia 25: 77-85.
Sperm storage in males of the snake Crotalus durissus terrificus in southeastern Brazil 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Laporta-Ferreira IL, Antoniazzi MM, Jared C.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 139: 169-174.
Reproductive cycle of the Neotropical Crotalus durissus terrificus: II. Establishment and maintenance of the uterine muscular twisting, a strategy for long-term sperm storage 📄
Yamanouye N, Silveira PF, Abdalla FMF, Almeida-Santos SM, Breno MC, Salomão MG.
General and Comparative Endocrinology 139: 151-157.
Reproductive cycle of the Neotropical Crotalus durissus terrificus: I. Seasonal levels and interplay between steroid hormones and vasotocinase 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Abdalla FMF, Silveira PF, Yamanouye N, Breno MC, Salomão MG.
General and Comparative Endocrinology 139: 143-150.
2003
Colubrid snakebite: A public health problem in Brazil 📄
Salomão MG, Albolea ABP, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Review 34: 307-312.
2002
Ciclo reprodutivo de Crotalus durissus e Bothrops jararaca: morfologia e função do oviduto 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Orsi AM.
Revista Brasileira de Reprodução Animal 26: 109-112.
Male-male ritual combat in the colubrid snake Chironius bicarinatus from the Atlantic Forest, southeastern Brazil 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Marques OAV.
Amphibia-Reptilia 23: 528-533.
Epidemiologia de acidentes causados por serpentes não peçonhentas no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil 📄
Albolea ABP, Salomão MG, Almeida-Santos SM, Jordão RS.
Revista da Universidade de Guarulhos, São Paulo 5: 99-108.
Reproduction in Neotropical pitvipers, with emphasis on species of the genus Bothrops 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Salomão MG.
In: Schuett GW, Höggren M, Douglas ME, Greene HW. (org.). Biology of the Vipers. Carmel, Indiana: Eagle Moutain Publishing, p. 445-462.
The reproductive cycle in male Neotropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus terrificus) 📄
Salomão MG, Almeida-Santos SM.
In: Schuett GW, Höggren M, Douglas ME, Greene HW. (org.). Biology of the Vipers. Carmel, Indiana: Eagle Moutain Publishing, p. 507-514.
2000
Why non-poisonous snakes cause accidents? 📄
Albolea ABP, Salomão MG, Jordão RS, Almeida-Santos SM.
Abstracts/Toxicon 38: 567-568.
An attack on a human by a green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) 📄
Duarte MR, Almeida-Santos SM, Cardoso JLC.
Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 35: 164.
Predation by the opossum Didelphis marsupialis on the rattlesnake Crotalus durissus 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Antoniazzi MM, Sant’Anna OA, Jared C.
Current Herpetology 19: 1-9.
1999
Comparison of the biological activities in venoms from three subspecies of the South American rattlesnake 📄
Santoro ML, Sousa-e-Silva MCC, Gonçalves LRC, Almeida-Santos SM, Cardoso DF, Laporta-Ferreira IL, Saiki M, Peres CA, Sano-Martins IS.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C 122: 61-73.
Reproductive senescence of the Neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus durissus cascavella 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Salomão MG.
Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 34: 250.
Predatory combat and tail wrestling in hierarchical contexts of the Neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Salomão MG, Peneti EA, Guimarães ES, Sena PS.
Amphibia-Reptilia 20: 88-96.
1997
Long term sperm storage in the female neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Salomão MG.
Japanese Journal of Herpetology 17: 46-52.
Leposternon infraorbitale (Two-headed Snake). Reproduction 📄
Jared C, Antoniazzi MM, Almeida-Santos SM.
Herpetological Review 28: 44-45.
Comparative analyses of inorganic elements in venoms from three subspecies of Crotalus durissus from Brazil 📄
Laporta-Ferreira IL, Almeida-Santos SM, Santoro ML, Saiki M, Vasconcelos MBA.
Journal of Natural Toxins 6: 103-110.
1996
Crotalus durissus (Neotropical rattlesnake). Prey 📄
Almeida-Santos SM, Germano VJ.
Herpetological Review 27: 255.
1995
Activity pattern of Crotalus durissus: Feeding, reproduction and snakebite 📄
Salomão MG, Almeida-Santos SM, Puorto G.
Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 30: 101-106.
1994
Techniques of artificial insemination in Crotalus durissus terrificus 📄
Langlada FG, Almeida-Santos SM, Laporta-Ferreira IL.
Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. 31: 141-144.
1989
Presença de Hepatozoon plimmeri – Coccidia, Haemogregarinidae – em exemplar de Bothrops jararaca – Serpentes – mantido em cativeiro 📄
Biasi P, Cardoso-Junior RP, Almeida-Santos SM.
Memórias do Instituto Butantan 51: 117-121.