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Roadkill of wild vertebrates along GO-060, Brazil. Roads represent an old and constant cause of accidental death of wildlife. From May 2004 to November 2005, we recorded the roadkills of vertebrates in the GO-060 road between Goiania and Ipor芍. For each road-killed animal we wrote down the species and location along the road. We found 308 animals roadkilled from at least 25 vertebrate species: 86% mammals, 11% birds and 3% reptiles. Tamandua tetradactyla, Cerdocyon thous and Myrmecophaga tridactyla were, in decreasing order, the species withthe largest number of road-killed individuals. Among mammals, the number of road-killed individuals was not related to species weight. The number of species and road-killed animals was constant throughout the 17 months of the research. The average frequency of animal roadkills in the dry season (April to September) is slightly higher than the frequency in the rainy season (October to March). The average frequency of species victim to accidents, however, is constantthroughout the dry and rainy seasons. The incidence of species and individuals of road-killed animals per 10 km was not influenced by the number of forest fragments along the sides of the road. We suggest that speed reducers could decrease the number of animals killed on the road. As rodovias representam uma antiga e constante causa de mortalidade acidental da fauna silvestre. Entre maio/2004 e novembro/2005, registramos os vertebrados atropelados 角s margens da rodovia GO-060, entre Goiania e Ipor芍. Para cada animal atropelado anotamos a esp谷cie e a localiza o ao longo da estrada. Foram registrados 308 animaisatropelados de pelo menos 25 esp谷cies de vertebrados: 86% de mam赤feros, 11% de aves e 3% de r谷pteis. Tamandua tetradactyla, Cerdocyon thous e Myrmecophaga tridactyla foram em ordem decrescente as esp谷cies com maior n迆mero de indiv赤duos atropelados. Entre os mam赤feros, o n迆mero de animais atropelados n o esteve relacionado a massa corporal das esp谷cies. A frequ那ncia de esp谷cies e de animais atropelados foi constante ao longo dos 17 meses entre 2004 e 2005. A frequ那ncia m谷dia de animais atropelados na esta o seca (abril a setembro) 谷 ligeiramente superior 角 freq邦那ncia da esta o chuvosa (outubro a mar o). J芍 a freq邦那ncia m谷dia de esp谷cies atropeladas 谷 constante ao longo das esta es seca e chuvosa. A incid那ncia de esp谷cies e de animais atropelados por faixa de 10 km n o foi influenciado pelo n迆mero de fragmentos de matas nas margens da estrada. N車s sugerimos que redutores de velocidade em trechos cr赤ticospoderiam reduzir as mortes por atropelamento na
