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

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 m...

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Main Authors: Érica Fonseca, Mirco Solé, Dennis Rödder, Paulo de Marco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5560532?pdf=render