BACKGROUND The study of human-nature relationship has made possible to understand the life dynamics of the communities and the biodiversity with which they cohabit. Although there has been a rise of ethnobiological studies over the last decade, little is known about human interaction with herpetofauna in South America and Colombia. In this work, we analyzed the knowledge, perception, and interaction of a local community located in the forest reserve of Quininí (RFPCQ) in Cundinamarca (Colombia), concerning to the herpetofauna that inhabits the area. METHODS We performed semi-structured surveys containing 30 questions categorized into three groups: academic knowledge (1), use and cultural beliefs (2), and interactions (3) related to the herpetofauna that occurs in the region. The obtained data in question groups 1 and 2 are presented as a qualitative summary. For the question group 3, we assigned the answers to a hostility value according to the possible reaction of each individual interviewed in a hypothetical encounter with the herpetofauna and built tendency charts in order to see the positive or negative reactions due to the birthplace (urban/rural) and gender (male/female). RESULTS The community recognized the presence of amphibians and reptiles that cohabit their space, as well as their potential habitats. Besides, the role of herpetofauna was recognized in the magical/religious traditions for some inhabitants of the region, mainly associated with the fate and cure of chronic diseases. In general, the perception of amphibians and reptiles varied according to the origin and gender of the people, which tend to have a more positive perception of reptiles than compared to amphibians in most cases. CONCLUSIONS Although there was a general lack of knowledge on the part of the inhabitants of the RFPCQ about the biological and ecological aspects of herpetofauna, the population recognized the basic information about the habitats of these animals within the reserve area. There is a wide variety of uses of amphibians and reptiles in traditional medicine. Greater efforts should be made in the transmission and dissemination of knowledge about the ecological functions of herpetofauna.

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当地社区与奎尼尼森林保护区（哥伦比亚蒂巴库伊-昆迪纳马卡）爬行动物的知识和互动。

背景技术对人与自然关系的研究使得了解社区的生命动态以及与其共存的生物多样性成为可能。尽管在过去十年中民族生物学研究有所增加，但人们对南美洲和哥伦比亚的人类与爬行动物的相互作用知之甚少。在这项工作中，我们分析了昆迪纳马卡（哥伦比亚）奎尼尼森林保护区 (RFPCQ) 当地社区对该地区栖息的爬行动物的知识、看法和互动。方法 我们进行了半结构化调查，包含 30 个问题，分为三组：学术知识 (1)、使用和文化信仰 (2) 以及与该地区爬行动物相关的互动 (3)。问题组 1 和问题组 2 中获得的数据以定性总结的形式呈现。对于问题组 3，我们根据每个受访者在与爬行动物的假设遭遇中可能的反应，将答案分配给敌意值，并建立趋势图，以便看到由于出生地（城市/城市）而产生的积极或消极反应。农村）和性别（男/女）。结果社区认识到存在共同居住的两栖动物和爬行动物以及它们的潜在栖息地。此外，爬行动物的作用在该地区的一些居民的魔法/宗教传统中得到了认可，主要与慢性疾病的命运和治疗有关。一般来说，人们对两栖动物和爬行动物的看法因人的血统和性别而异，在大多数情况下，与两栖动物相比，人们对爬行动物的看法往往比两栖动物更积极。结论 尽管 RFPCQ 的居民普遍缺乏关于爬行动物的生物和生态方面的知识，但人们了解保护区内这些动物栖息地的基本信息。两栖动物和爬行动物在传统医学中有多种用途。应加大爬行动物生态功能知识的传播和传播力度。