Project Update: August 2008

A survey comprising 20 questions was designed and printed to know the perception that resident people in central Argentina own about the reptiles of their surroundings, and what therapeutic, nutritional, magical or commercial use they do of these, common names applied to, and beliefs maintained or weakened with respect to the knowledge conveyed by their ancestors.

A poster presentation was exposed at the "III Congreso Nacional de Conservacion de la Biodiversidad" held at Buenos Aires, to communicate the aim of the ethnoherpetological aspects of our research and allow to people to know activities in this still underexplored field (see photo).

The field guide to lizards and amphisbaenians of central Argentina is near completion.