Henrique Braz

Herpetology • Natural History • Evolution • Scientific Editing

I regularly teach courses at undergraduate and graduate levels:

Reproductive Biology of Squamata (4 credits). Graduate program: Animal Biology. Sao Paulo State University, Brazil
Reproductive Biology of Squamata. Butantan Institute, Brazil (taught from 2010-2022)

I have also contributed lectures to various other courses at the undergraduate level:

Vertebrate Zoology. University of Guarulhos, Brazil
Reproduction, Development, and Disease. Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia
Reproductive Biology of Snakes and Lizards. Saruê Courses and Veterinary Services, Brazil
Evolutionary trends in squamate reproduction. 22nd Thematic Week of Biology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

What do South American water snakes teach us about the evolution of viviparity? 2nd Symposium on Reproductive Biology of Squamate Reptiles (2019). São Paulo, Brazil.
Evolution of viviparity in squamate reptiles. Seminars of the Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution, São Paulo Federal University (2015), São Paulo, Brazil.
What selective pressures favor viviparity in Squamata? The case of the water snakes of the tribe Hydropsini. Seminars of the Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution (2013), São Paulo, Brazil.
The influence of incubation temperature on the embryonic development and hatchling phenotype of the false-coral snake Oxyrhopus guibei. Seminars of the Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution (2012), São Paulo, Brazil.
Reconstructing the evolution of the reproductive modes of snakes from the Hydropsini tribe. Seminars of the Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution (2011), São Paulo, Brazil.
Reproductive modes in squamates: Evolution and reproductive strategies. Symposium: Reproductive biology of Squamata. 9th Latin American Congress of Herpetology (2011), Curitiba, Brazil.
Intrauterine egg retention and egg incubation in snakes: ecological and evolutionary implications. Seminars of the Laboratory of Herpetology (2006), São Paulo, Brazil.

Uterine and eggshell modifications associated with the evolution of viviparity in water snakes. 33rd Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (2016), Richmond, Australia.
Reproductive modes of the South American water snakes. Australian Society of Herpetologists Meeting (2016), Grindelwald, Australia.
Evolution of viviparity in snakes of the tribe Hydropsini. 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Butantan Institute (2013), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Evolution of viviparity in water snakes (Hydropsini). 22th Symposium of the Graduate Program in Anatomy of Domestic and Wild Animals (2011), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Testing the cold climate hypothesis for the evolution of viviparity in Hydropsini snakes. 9th Latin American Congress of Herpetology (2011), Curitiba, Brazil.

Reproduction of Thamnodynastes strigatus: an unusual reproductive phenology in a Neotropical snake. 21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Butantan Institute (2019), São Paulo, Brazil.
Exploring new directions in reproductive biology of colubrid snakes. 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Butantan Institute (2013), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Does the cold climate hypothesis explain the evolution of viviparity in Neotropical water snakes? 7th World Congress of Herpetology (2012), Vancouver, Canada.
Patterns of nest-site selection and use in Neotropical snakes. 9th Latin American Congress of Herpetology (2011), Curitiba, Brazil.
Does embryo stage at oviposition differ between snakes and lizards? A study of egg retention in tropical snakes. 6th World Congress of Herpetology (2008), Manaus, Brazil.
Phenotypic plasticity in the false-coral snake Oxyrhopus guibei in response to the thermal conditions during incubation. 3rd Brazilian Congress of Herpetology (2007), Belém, Brazil