Conhecimentos populares sobre anfíbios anuros no Município de Parintins AMPopular knowledge about anuran amphibians in the Municipality of Parintins AM

Abstract

This monograph aims to record empirical knowledge about amphibians and the relationship of human beings (population/people) with these wild animals and to record beliefs regarding amphibians. Ethnoherpetology was used, which is a branch of science that studies the popular knowledge of amphibians and snakes, which serves as a way to obtain information to record the research, questionnaires were applied containing closed (objective) and open (subjective) questions. the latter based on the Collective Subject Discourse Technique (DSC). The questionnaires were applied in a school located in the urban area and in members of the Macurany community. Sixty-nine students from the 7th and 8th years of elementary school at Colégio Nossa Senhora do Carmo, located in the urban area, in the rural area, participated in this research, 25 people were interviewed, totaling 94 applied questionnaires. After data collection, a lecture was held in one of the groups, with a view to expanding knowledge about anuran amphibians and clarifying the popular beliefs that were more common. With this research it was possible to verify that several myths are still considered true due to the lack of knowledge about the subject.