2020
47 - Araujo-Filho, J. A., Teixeira, A. A. M., Teles, D. A., Rocha, S. M., Almeida, W. O., Mesquita, D. O., Lacerda, A. C. 2020. Using lizards to evaluate the influence of average abundance on the variance of endoparasites in semiarid areas: Dispersion and Assemblage Structure. Journal of Helminthology. 94 (E21): 1-12. (pdf)
2019
46 - Ribeiro, S. C., Teles, D. A., Mesquita, D. O., Almeida, W. O., Anjos, L. A., Guarnieri, M. C. 2019. Thermal ecology, activity pattern, habitat, and microhabitats used by the skink Mabuya arajara (Squamata: Scincidae) in the Araripe Plateau, northeastern Brazil. Journal of Natural History. 53 (39-40): 2365-2377. (pdf)
45 - Protázio, A. S., Protázio, A. S., Mesquita, D. O. 2019. Niche partitioning between two Physalaemus species in semiarid Caatinga in Northeast Brazil. North-western Journal of Zoology.15 (2): 157-167. (pdf)
44 - Ceron, K., Oliveira-Santos, L. G. R., Oliveira, C., Araújo, A. C., Mesquita, D. O., Caldas, F. O., Santana, D. J. 2019. Global patterns in anurans-prey networks. Oikos. 128: 1537-1548. (pdf)
43 - Caldas, F. L. S., Garda, A. A., Cavalcanti, L. B. Q., Leite Filho, E., Faria, R. G., Mesquita, D. O. 2019. Spatial and trophic structure of anuran assemblages in environments with different seasonal regimes in the Brazilian northeast region. Copeia. 107 (3): 567-584. (pdf)
42 - Franzini, L. D., Silva, I. R. S., Santana, D. O., Delfim, F. R., Vieira, G. H. C., Mesquita, D. O. 2019. Lizard fauna from the state of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil: current knowledge and sampling discontinuities. Herpetology Notes. 12 (2019): 749-763. (pdf)
41 - Santana, D. O., Iwama, R. E., Teixeira, A. A. M., Moura, G. J. B., Faria, R. G., Mesquita, D. O. 2019. Spatio-temporal variation and the use of host body surface by ectoparasites of Phrynops geoffroanus and Mesoclemmys tuberculata in areas of the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest in northeast Brazil. Parasitology Research. 118 (3): 913-926. (pdf)
2018
40 - Teles, D. A., Brito, S. V., Araujo-Filho, J. A., Ribeiro, S. C., Teixeira, A. A. M., Mesquita, D. O., Almeida, W. O. 2018. Nematodes of the Rhinella granulosa Spix, 1824 (Anura: Bufonidae) from Semiarid Caatinga, Northeastern of the Neotropical Region. Comparative Parasitology. 85 (2): 208-211. (pdf)
39 - Costa, T. B., Laranjeiras, D. O., Caldas, F. L. S., Santana, D. O., Silva, C. F., Alcântara, E. P., Brito, S. V., Galdino, J. Y., Mesquita, D. O., Faria, R. G., França, F. G. R., Ávila, R. W., Garda, A. A. 2018. Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga VII: Aiuaba Ecological Station (Ceará, Brazil). Herpetology Notes. 11: 929-941. (pdf)
38 - Garda, A. A., Lion, M. B., Mesquita, D. O., Lima, S. M. Q., Araujo, H. F. P. Napoli, M. F. 2018. Os animais vertebrados do Bioma Caatinga. Ciência e Cultura. 70 (4): 29-34. (pdf)
37 - Franzini, L. D., Pedro, C. K. B., Cavalcanti, L. B. Q., Mesquita, D. O. 2018. (Nota científica) Predation of Hemidactylus mabouia (Sauria: Gekkonidae) by a vine snake Oxybelis aeneus (Serpentes: Colubridae) in an Atlantic Forest fragment, Northeastern Brazil. Pesquisa e Ensino em Ciências Exatas e da Natureza. 2 (1): 67-70. (pdf)
36 - Albuquerque, R. L., Protázio, A. S., Cavalcanti, L. B. Q., Lopez, L. C. S., Mesquita, D. O. 2018. Geographical ecology of Tropidurus hispidus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) and Cnemidophorus ocellifer (Squamata: Teiidae) in Neotropical region: a comparison among Atlantic Forest, Caatinga and coastal populations. Journal of Herpetology. 52 (2): 145-155. (pdf)
35 - Rodrigues, J. K., Teles, D. A., Araujo Filho, J. A., Teixeira, A. A. M., Mesquita, D. O., Ribeiro, S. C. 2018. Chiggers infestation by Hannemania sp. (Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae) on Leptodactylus macrosternum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from a Brazilian semi-arid, Neotropical region. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 54 (2): 397-399. (pdf)
34 - Oliveira, E. F., Martinez, P., São-Pedro, V. A., Gehara, M., Burbrink, F., Mesquita, D. O., Garda, A. A., Colli, G. R., Costa, G. C. 2018. Climatic suitability, isolation by distance and river resistance explain genetic variation in Brazilian whiptail lizard. Heredity. 120 (3): 251-265. (pdf)
33 - Oliveira, B. H. S., Queiroz, R. N. M., Cavalcanti, L. B. Q., Mesquita, D. O. 2018. Autecology of neotropical lizard species Anotosaura vanzolinia (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in a Caatinga region, Northeastern Brazil. Herpetological Journal. 28 (1): 19-26. (pdf) (Appendix)
2017
32 - Mesquita, D. O., Costa, G. C., Garda, A. A., Delfim, F. R. 2017. Species composition, biogeography and conservation of Caatinga Lizards. In: Caatinga: The Tropical Dry Forest Region in South America. (ed. by Silva, J. M. C., Leal, I. R., Tabarelli, M.), pp. 151-180. Springer, Cham. (pdf)
31 - Teles, D. A., Brito, S. V., Araujo Filho, J. A., Teixeira, A. A. M., Ribeiro, S. C., Mesquita, D. O., Almeida, W. O. 2017. Nematode parasites of Proceratophrys aridus (Anura: Odontophrynidae), endemic frog of the Caatinga domain of the Neotropical Region, Brazil. Herpetology Notes. 10: 525-527. (pdf)
30 - Pelegrin, N., Mesquita, D. O., Albinati, P., Caldas, F. L. S., Cavalcanti, L. B. Q., Costa, T. B., Falico, D. A., Galdino, J. Y. A., Tucker, D. B., Garda, A. A. 2017. Extreme specialization to rocky habitats in Tropidurus lizards from Brazil: trade-offs between a fitted ecomorph and autoecology in a harsh environment. Austral Ecology. 42 (6): 677-689. (pdf)
29 - Oliveira, B. H. S., Teixeira, A. A. N., Queiroz, R. N. M., Araújo-Filho, J. A., Teles, D. A., Brito, S. V., Mesquita, D. O. 2017. Nematodes Infecting Anotosaura vanzolinia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Caatinga, northeastern Brazil. Acta Herpetologica. 12 (1): 103-108. (pdf)
2016
28 - Santana, D. O., Marques, T S, Vieira, G. H. C., Moura, G. J. B., Faria, R. G., Mesquita, D. O. 2016. Mesoclemmys tuberculata (Luederwaldt 1926) – Tuberculate Toad-headed Turtle. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5 (9): 097.1-097.8. (pdf)
27 - Caldas, F. L. S., Santana, D. O., Faria, R. G., Bocchiglieri, A. and Mesquita, D. O. 2016. Diploglossus lessonae Peracca, 1890 (Squamata: Anguidae): New records from Northeast Brazil and notes on distribution. Check List. 12 (5): 1-5. (pdf)
26 - Caldas, F. L. S., Costa, T. B., Laranjeiras, D. O., Mesquita, D. O. and Garda, A. A. 2016. Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga V: Seridó Ecological Station (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil). Check List. 12(4): 1-14. (pdf)
25 - Mesquita, D. O., Costa, G. C., Colli, G. R., Costa, T. B., Shepard, D. B., Vitt, L. J., Pianka, E. R. 2016. Life history patterns of lizards of the world. The American Naturalist. 187 (6): 681-705. (pdf)
24 - Nóbrega, R. P., Montingelli, G. G., Trevine, V., Franco, F. L., Vieira, G. H. C., Costa, G. C., Mesquita, D. O. 2016. Morphological variation within Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae: Tachymenini). Herpetological Journal. 26 (2): 165-174. (pdf)
2015
23 - Oliveira, E. F., Gehara, M., São-Pedro, V. A., Chen, X., Myers, E. A., Burbrink, F. T., Mesquita, D. O., Garda, A. A., Colli, G. R., Rodrigues, M. T. U., Arias, F. J., Zaher, H., Santos, R. M. L., Costa, G. C. 2015. Speciation with gene flow in whiptail lizards from a Neotropical xeric biome. Molecular Ecology. 24 (23): 5957–5975. (pdf)
22 - Santana, D. O., Marques, T. S., Vieira, G. H. C., Faria, R. G., Mesquita, D. O. 2015. (Nota científica) Hatchling morphology of the Tuberculate Toadhead Turtle (Mesoclemmys tuberculata [Lüederwaldt, 1926]) from northeastern Brazil (Testudines: Chelidae). Herpetology Notes. 8: 407-410. (pdf)
21 - Leite Filho, E., Vieira, W. L. S., Santana, G. G., Eloi, F. J., Mesquita, D. O. 2015. Structure of a Caatinga anuran assemblage in Northeastern Brazil. Neotropical Biology and Conservation. 10 (2): 63-73. (pdf)
20 - Magalhaes, F. M., Laranjeiras, D. O., Costa, T. B., Juncá, F. A., Mesquita, D. O., Rohr, D. L., Silva, W. P., Vieira, G. H. C., Garda, A. A. 2015. Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga IV: Chapada Diamantina National Park, Bahia, Brazil. Herpetology Notes. 8: 243-261. (pdf)
19 - Oliveira, B. H. S., Queiroz, R. N. M., Mesquita, D. O. 2015. (Nota científica) Communal nests and hatchling size of Coleodactylus meridionalis (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in a Caatinga area, northeastern Brazil. Herpetology Notes. 8: 125-128. (pdf)
18 - Protázio, A. S., Albuquerque, R. L., Falkenberg, L. M., Mesquita, D. O. 2015. Niche differentiation of an anuran assemblage in temporary ponds in the Brazilian semiarid Caatinga: influence of ecological and historical factors. Herpetological Journal. 25 (2): 109-121. (pdf Appendix)
17 - Protázio, A. S., Albuquerque, R. L., Falkenberg, L. M., Mesquita, D. O. 2015. Acoustic ecology of an anuran assemblage in temporary ponds in the Caatinga. Journal of Natural History. 49 (15-16): 957-976. (pdf)
16 - Ribeiro, S. C., Teles, D. A., Mesquita, D. O., Almeida, W. O., Anjos, L. A., Guarnieri, M. C. 2015. Ecology of the skink, Mabuya arajara Rebouças-Spieker, 1981, in the Araripe Plateau, northeastern Brazil. Journal of Herpetology. 49 (2): 237-244. (pdf)
2014
15 - Freitas, P. R. P., França, F. G. R., Mesquita, D. O. 2014. Aspectos demográficos dos lagartos Phyllopezus periosus e Phyllopezus pollicaris (Sauria: Phyllodactylidae) em simpatria em área de Caatinga no Nordeste do Brasil. Gaia Scientia (UFPB). (8) 1: 294-305. (pdf)
14 - Ribeiro, S. C., Teixeira, A. A. M., Almeida, W. O., Mesquita, D. O. 2014. (Nota científica) Predation on foam nests of the leptodactylid frog Physalaemus cuvieri (Fitzinger, 1826) by Pipa carvalhoi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937) (Anura, Pipidae). Herpetology Notes, 7: 581-583. (pdf)
13 - Ribeiro, S. C., Mesquita, D. O. 2014. (Nota científica) Drymoluber brazili (Brazilian Woodland Racer). Defensive behaviour. Herpetological Bulletin. 129: 30-30. (pdf)
12 - Brito, S.V., Corso, G., Almeida, A. M., Ferreira, F. S., Almeida, W. O., Anjos, L. A., Mesquita, D. O, Vasconcellos, A. 2014. Phylogeny and microhabitats utilized by lizards determine the composition of their endoparasites in the semiarid Caatinga of northeast Brazil. Parasitology Research. 2014 (113): 3963-3972. (pdf)
11 - Ribeiro, S. C., Araújo-Filho, J. A., Almeida, W. O., Mesquita, D. O. 2014. (Nota científica) Phyllomedusa nordestina (leaf frog) and Physalaemus cuvieri (dwarf frog). Interespecific amplexus. Herpetological Review, 45 (3): 479-480. (pdf)
10 - Cavalcanti, L. B. Q., Costa, T. B., Colli, G. R., Costa, G. C., França, F. G. R., Mesquita, D. O., Palmeira, C. N. S., Pelegrin, N., Soares, A. H. B., Tucker, D. B., Garda, A. A. 2014. Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga II: Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí, Brazil. Check List, 10 (1): 18-27. (pdf)
9 - Brito, S. V., Ferreira, F. S., Ribeiro, S. C., Anjos, L. A., Almeida, W. O., Mesquita, D. O., Vasconcellos, A. 2014. Spatial-temporal variation of parasites in Cnemidophorus ocellifer (Teiidae) and Tropidurus hispidus and T. semitaeniatus (Tropiduridae) from Caatinga areas in Northeastern Brazil. Parasitology Research, 113 (11): 1163-1169. (pdf)
2013
8 - Falkenberg, L. M., Protázio, A. S., Albuquerque, R. L., Mesquita, D. O. 2013. (Nota científica) Predation of Phyllomedusa nordestina (Anura: Hylidae) by Leptodeira annulata (Serpente: Dipsadidae) in a temporary pond. Herpetology Notes, 7: 97-98. (pdf)
7 - Freitas, P., R. S., Mesquita, D. O., França, F. G. R. 2013. Uso do Implante Visível de Elastômero Fluorescente (IVE) para marcação de lagartos Phyllopezus pollicaris (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae). Biotemas, 26 (4): 271-276. (pdf)
6 - Garda, A. A., Costa, T. B., Silva, C. R. S., Mesquita, D. O., Faria, R. G., Conceição, B. M., Silva, I. R. S., Ferreira, A. F., Rocha, S. M. R., Palmeira, C. N. S., Rodrigues, R., Ferrari, S. F., Torquato, S. 2013. Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga I: Raso da Catarina Ecological Station (Bahia, Brazil). Check List, 9 (2): 415-424. (pdf)
2012
5 - Cavalcanti, L. B. Q., Protázio, A. S. P., Pedro, C. K. B., Albuquerque, R. L., Mesquita, D. O. 2012 . Death of a coral snake Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820) (Elapidae) due to failed predation on bigger prey: a cat-eyed night snake Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dipsadidae). Herpetology Notes, 5: 129-131. (pdf)
4 - Garda, A. A., Costa, G. C., França, F. G. R., Giugliano, L. G., Leite, G., Mesquita, D. O., Nogueira, C., Bastos, L. T., Vasconcellos, M. M., Vieira, G. H. C., Vitt, L. J., Werneck, F. P., Wiederhecker, H. C., Colli, G. R. 2012. Reproduction, body size, and diet of Polychrus acutirostris (Squamata, Polychrotidae) in two contrasting environments in Brazil. Journal of Herpetology, 46 (1): 2-8. (pdf)
2011
3 - Delfim, F. R., Mesquita, D. O., Fernanders-Ferreira, H., Cavalcanti, L. B. Q. 2011. Procellosaurinus erythrocercus Rodrigues, 1991 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): Distribution extension. Check List, 7 (6): 856-858. (pdf)
2 - Santana, D. J., Rodrigues, R., Albuquerque, R. L., Laranjeiras, D. O., Protázio, A. S., França, F. G. R., Mesquita, D. O., 2011. The advertisement call of Proceratophrys renalis (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) (Amphibia: Anura: Cycloramphidae). Zootaxa, 2809: 67-68. (pdf)
1 - Protázio, A. S. P., Carvalho, S. M. A., Protázio, A. S., Mesquita, D. O. 2011. (Nota científica) Rhinella jimi (Cururu Toad) Predation. Herpetological Bulletin, 118: 40-41. (pdf)
