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Sergipe is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at 21,910 square kilometres. Sergipe borders Bahia to the south and west and Alagoas to the north.

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Brazilian Three-Banded Armadillo

Tolypeutes tricinctus

The Brazilian three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus ) is an armadillo species endemic to eastern Brazil, where it is known as tatu-bola (Portuguese pronunciation: , lit. ball armadillo). It is one of only two species of armadillo that can...

Maned Sloth

Bradypus torquatus

The maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus ) is a three-toed sloth that lives only in Brazil. It is one of four species of three-toed sloth.

Barbara Brown's titi

Callicebus barbarabrownae

Barbara Brown's titi (Callicebus barbarabrownae ), also popularly known as the blond titi monkey or northern Bahian blond titi, is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey. This critically endangered species is endemic to the Caatinga in...

Phyllomedusa burmeisteri

Phyllomedusa burmeisteri, also known as Burmeister's leaf frog and common walking leaf frog is a species of frog native to the Atlantic Forest biome in Brazil.Individuals show sexual dimorphism in size. Males have a mean body length (snout vent...

Brazilian galliwasp

Diploglossus lessonae

The Brazilian galliwasp (Diploglossus lessonae ) is a carnivorous species of lizard endemic to northeastern Brazil. It is known in Brazil as the “Calango Coral” or “Calango Liso”

Atlantic ghost crab

Ocypode quadrata

The Atlantic ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata, is a species of ghost crab. It is a common species along the Atlantic coast of the United States, where it is the only species of ghost crab; its range of distribution extends from its northernmost reach on...

Pygocentrus piraya

Pygocentrus piraya, often called the piraya piranha or San Francisco piranha, and sometimes sold as the man-eating piranha, is a large, aggressive piranha from the São Francisco River basin in Brazil.

Meridian gecko

Coleodactylus meridionalis

The meridian gecko (Coleodactylus meridionalis ) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

White mullet

Mugil curema

The white mullet or silver mullet (Mugil curema) is a tropical and subtropical marine fish of the family Mugilidae. It is commonly about 30 cm (12 in) long.Note that silver mullet is also a common name used for fantail mullet (Mugil trichodon).

Allobates olfersioides

Allobates olfersioides (common name: Rio rocket frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to the coastal regions of the Atlantic Forest biome of eastern Brazil.This formerly very common species has recently declined and is...

Dendropsophus elegans

Dendropsophus elegans is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or...

Amaral's Brazilian gecko

Hemidactylus brasiliana

Amaral's Brazilian gecko (Hemidactylus brasilianus ) is a species of nocturnal geckos from the arid Jalapão Region, Minas Gerais/Bahia (Brazil). It is a bluish-gray, oviparous tree-dwelling species, feeding on herbivorous insects and other...

Slender seahorse

Hippocampus reidi

The slender seahorse or longsnout seahorse (Hippocampus reidi) is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae that usually inhabits subtropical regions.

Mellita quinquiesperforata

Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778) is a tropical species of sand dollar, a flat, round marine animal related to sea urchins, starfish, and other echinoderms. They can be found along the eastern coast of the United States and the coast of...

Red cornetfish

Fistularia petimba

The red cornetfish (Fistularia petimba), also known as the rough flutemouth, is a cornetfish of the family Fistulariidae, found in subtropical and tropical oceans worldwide, at depths between 10 m (33 ft) and 200 metres (660 ft). They are up to 2 m...

Marbled grouper

Dermatolepis inermis

The marbled grouper (Dermatolepis inermis), donkey fish, mutton hamlet, rockhind and sicklefish grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes...

Smooth butterfly ray

Gymnura micrura

The smooth butterfly ray (Gymnura micrura) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the family Gymnuridae. It is a member of the order Myliobatiformes, which contains 10 total families. Its natural habitats are shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds,...

Peraiba gecko

Phyllopezus periosus

The Paraíba gecko (Phyllopezus periosus ), also called commonly the Peraiba gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Leptodactylus troglodytes

Leptodactylus troglodytes (common names: Pernambuco white-lipped frog, hole-dwelling thin-toed frog, sibilator frog) is a species of frogs in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to northeastern Brazil and occurs from northern Minas Gerais and...

Scinax alter

Scinax alter, the Crubixa snouted treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Brazil.

Fistularia tabacaria

Fistularia tabacaria, the cornetfish, blue-spotted cornetfish, tobacco trumpetfish or unarmed trumpetfish, is a species of cornetfish found along the Atlantic coasts of the Americas and in the central Atlantic off West Africa and the Macaronesian...

Vanzosaura multiscutata

Vanzosaura multiscutata is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is endemic to Brazil.

Ircinia strobilina

Ircinia strobilina is a species of sponge in the family Irciniidae. It is grey or shiny black in colour, with spiny structures (conules) dotting the surface. The spiny structures are interconnected by ridges, though not arranged in an orderly...

Lophiosilurus alexandri

Lophiosilurus alexandri is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Pseudopimelodidae, and the only species of the monotypic genus Lophiosilurus.