Marcio Martins - Short CV	Photo by David Hardy
Born: 1959. Nationality: Brazilian. Work address: Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 11.461, 05422-970 São Paulo, SP. E-mail: jararaca@ib.usp.br

1984: BSc in Biology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP.

1990: MSc in Ecology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP.

1994: PhD in Ecology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP.

1995 - 1996: Post-doctoral program, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP.

1999: Post-doctoral program, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Cornell, Ithaca, NY, October - November.

1986: Research Assistant, Núcleo de Pesquisas de Roraima, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Boa Vista, Roraima.

1987: Research Assistant, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, AM.

1991 - 1992: Chair, Núcleo de Animais Peçonhentos, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Manaus, Manaus, AM.

1991 - 1994: Lecturer, Universidade do Amazonas, Manaus, AM.

1996 - present: Assistant Professor, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP.

Research interests:

- Natural history of vertebrates, especially reptiles and amphibians

- Comparative ecology of vertebrates

- Community ecology

- Conservation

Current projects:

- Population Ecology of the Golden Lancehead - Principal investigator. Grant from Fundação Boticário de Preservação da Natureza (1997-1998; ~ US$ 6,000) and part of a grant from FAPESP (grant no. 00/12339-2).

- Ecology and Natural History of Neotropical Pitvipers - Principal investigator. Grant from FAPESP (1997-2000; grant no. 95/09642-5; approx. US$ 100,000) and part of another grant from FAPESP (grant no. 00/12339-2). See http://eco.ib.usp.br/labvert/Jararaca-Ingles/ingles-proj-jar-principal.htm

- Ecology of the Cerrados of Itirapina - Principal Investigator. Part of the grant from FAPESP below (grant no. 00/12339-2). See http://eco.ib.usp.br/labvert/SiteItirapina/iti.htm

- Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution of Brazilian Vertebrates - Coordinator. Grant from FAPESP (grant no. 00/12339-2; approx. US$ 250,000).

Publications:

1. MARTINS, M. & A. J. CARDOSO. 1987. Novas espécies de hilídeos do Estado do Acre (Amphibia: Anura). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 47(4):549-558.

2. GRIBEL, R., G. MOREIRA, M. MARTINS, M. LEMES, E. COLARES & S. EGLER. 1987. Destinos da fauna de Balbina. Ciência Hoje 6(31):76.

3. MARTINS, M. & C. F. B. HADDAD. 1988. Vocalizations and reproductive behaviour in the smith frog, Hyla faber Wied (Amphibia: Hylidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 9(1):49-60.

4. MARTINS, M. 1988. Biologia reprodutiva de Leptodactylus fuscus em Boa Vista, Roraima (Amphibia: Anura). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 48(4):969-977.

5. MARTINS, M. 1989. Deimatic behavior in Pleurodema brachyops. Journal of Herpetology 23(3):305-307.

6. MARTINS, M. & I. SAZIMA. 1989. Dendrobatídeos: cores e venenos. Ciência Hoje 9(53):34-38.

7. MARTINS, M. 1989. Nova espécie de Colostethus da Amazônia Central (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 49(4):1009-1012.

8. MARTINS, M. & C. F. B. HADDAD 1990. On the identity of Dendrobates quinquevittatus (Anura: Dendrobatidae). Memórias do Instituto Butantan 52(2):53-56.

9. MARTINS, M. & S. EGLER. 1991 (1990). Comportamento de caça em um casal de corujas buraqueiras (Athene cunicularia) na região de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 50(3):579-584.

10. SAZIMA, I. & M. MARTINS. 1991 (1990). Presas grandes e serpentes jovens: quando os olhos são maiores que a boca. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 52(3):73-79.

11. MARTINS, M. 1991. The lizards of Balbina, Central Amazonia, Brazil: a qualitative analysis of resource utilization. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 26(3):179-190.

12. MARTINS, M. & G. MOREIRA. 1992 (1991). The nest and the tadpole of Hyla wavrini (Amphibia: Anura). Memórias do Instituto Butantan 53(2):197-204.

13. PINHEIRO, C. E. G. & M. MARTINS. 1992. Palatability of seven butterfly species (Nymphalidae) to two tyrant flycatchers in Brazil. Journal of the Lepidopterist's Society 46(1):77-79.

14. MARTINS, M. 1993. Observations on the reproductive behaviour in the Smith Frog, Hyla faber. Herpetological Journal 3:31-34.

15. MARTINS, M. & E. OLIVEIRA. 1993. The snakes of the genus Atractus Wagler (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from the Manaus region, central Amazonia, Brazil. Zoologisch Mededelingen 67:21-40.

16. MARTINS, M., I. SAZIMA & S. G. EGLER. 1993. Predators of the nest building gladiator frog, Hyla faber, in southeastern Brazil. Amphibia-Reptilia (Leiden) 14:307-309.

17. MARTINS, M. 1993. Why do snakes sleep on the vegetation in Central Amazonia? Herpetological Review 24(3):83-84.

18. MARTINS, M. & M. GORDO. 1993. Bothrops atrox (Common Lancehead). Diet. Herpetological Review 24(4)151-152.

19. MARTINS, M. 1993. Observations on nest dynamics and embryonic and larval development in the nest building gladiator frog, Hyla faber. Amphibia-Reptilia 14(4):411-421.

20. HADDAD, C. F. B. & M. MARTINS. 1994. Notes on four species of frogs related to Epipedobates pictus. Herpetologica 50:282-295.

21. SANTOS, M. C., M. MARTINS, R. P. DE SÁ NETO, A. L. BOECHAT & M. E. OLIVEIRA. (1995)1996. Serpentes de Interesse Médico da Amazônia. Universidade do Amazonas, Imprensa Universitária, Manaus. 64 pp.

22. EGLER, S. G., OLIVEIRA, M. E. & M. MARTINS. 1996. Bothrops atrox (Common Lancehead). Foraging behavior and ophiophagy. Herpetological Review 27:22-23.

23. MARTINS, M. 1996. Defensive tactics in lizards and snakes: the potential contribution of the Neotropical fauna. In Del Claro, K. (ed.), Anais do XIV Encontro Anual de Etologia. Sociedade Brasileira de Etologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia.

24. MARTINS, M., C. F. B. HADDAD & J. P. POMBAL, Jr. 1998. Escalated aggressive behaviour and facultative parental care in the nest building gladiator frog, Hyla faber. Amphibia-Reptilia 19:65-73.

25. MARTINS, M. 1998. The Frogs of the Ilha de Maracá. Pp. 285-306 in W. Milliken & J. A. Ratter, Maracá: The Biodiversity and Environment of an Amazonian Rainforest. John Wiley, New York.

26. OLIVEIRA, M. E. & M. MARTINS. 1998. Rhinobothryum lentiginosum (NCN): Diet. Herpetological Review 29(2):105.

27. MARQUES, O. A. V., A. S. ABE & M. MARTINS. 1998. Estudo diagnóstico da diversidade de répteis do Estado de São Paulo. Pp. 27-38 in R. M. C. Castro (org.), Biodiversidade do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, Vol. 6, Vertebrados. FAPESP, São Paulo.

29. MARTINS, M. & M. E. OLIVEIRA. 1999 (datado 1998). Natural history of snakes in forests of the Manaus region, Central Amazonia, Brazil. Herpetological Natural History 6(2):78-150.

29. ZAMUDIO, K. R., D. L. HARDY, Sr., M. MARTINS & H. W. GREENE. 2000. Fang tip spread, puncture distance, and suction for snake bite. Toxicon 38:723-728.

30. MARTINS, M. 2000. Book review: Guide des Serpents et Amphisbènes de Guyane. Herpetological Review 31(2):123-124.

31. CECHIN, S. Z. & M. MARTINS. 2000. Eficiência de armadilhas de queda (pitfall traps) em amostragens de anfíbios e répteis no Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 17:729-740.

32. SOUZA, F. L., MARTINS, M. & SAWAYA, R. J. 2000. A new record and observations of Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtle, Phrynops vanderhaegei (Testudines, Chelidae) in SE Brazil. Bol. Asoc. Herpetol. Esp. 11(2):85-88.

33. MARTINS, M., M. S. ARAÚJO, R. J. SAWAYA & R. NUNES. 2001. Diversity and evolution of macrohabitat use, body size and morphology in a monophyletic group of Neotropical pitvipers (Bothrops). Journal of Zoology (London) 254:529-538.

34. MARTINS, M., O. A. V. MARQUES & I. SAZIMA. (in press). Ecological and phylogenetic correlates of feeding habits in neotropical pitvipers of the genus Bothrops. In Schuett G. W., Höggren M. & H. W. Greene (Eds.), Biology of the Vipers. Biological Sciences Press (Cooper Publishing Group), Carmel, Indiana.

35. OLIVEIRA, M. E. & M. MARTINS. (in press). When and where to find a pitviper: activity patterns and habitat use of the lancehead, Bothrops atrox, in central Amazonia, Brazil. Herpetological Natural History.

36. VALDUJO, P. H., C. C. NOGUEIRA & M. MARTINS. (in press). Ecology of Bothrops neuwiedi pauloensis (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) in the Brazilian Cerrado. Journal of Herpetology.

37. MARQUES, O. A. V., M. MARTINS & I. SAZIMA. (in press). A new insular species of pitviper from Brazil, with comments on evolutionary biology and conservation of the Bothrops jararaca group (Serpentes, Viperidae). Herpetologica.