Unraveling the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of lizard assemblages in riparian forest areas in the Amazon–Pantanal ecotone

Historical, ecological, and biogeographical processes have shaped species distribution and diversity on Earth. However, in ecotonal regions, the action of these processes becomes even more complex. In this study, we analyzed how species richness (SR), as well as functional diversity (standardized functional diversity – SES.FD, functional dispersion – FDis, and functional redundancy – FR), and phylogenetic diversity (phylogenetic species variability – PSV and phylogenetic redundancy – PR) of lizard assemblages varied along riparian forests in the Amazon–Pantanal ecotone. Sampling was carried out at 24 sites distributed along the Paraguay River in Brazil, using pitfall traps and active searches. We recorded 262 lizards from 13 species and 8 families. Species composition differed among the sampled ecoregions. Functional redundancy (FR) and PR were greater in the riparian forest areas of the Amazon; PSV was greater in the assemblages from the Pantanal and Amazon–Pantanal ecotone, while SR, ..., , # Data from: Unraveling the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of lizard assemblages in riparian forest areas in the Amazon–Pantanal ecotone

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.x95x69px8](10.5061/dryad.x95x69px8)

**Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date)**: Data were collected between between July and November in 2017 and in July 2018, during the dry period at six localities along the Paraguay River.

**Geographic location of data collection**:  The data were collected at six localities along the Paraguay River, Mato Grosso

**Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data**: Data collecting was funded by the Research Support through of the Project: Erosion of Biodiversity in the Upper Paraguay Basin: Impacts of Land Use on Vegetation Structure and Terrestrial and Aquatic Vertebrate Community (FAPEMAT - Process No. 589188/2016). 

**File**: Data_Set_BITR-24-330.R3.xlsx

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