First record of the Mountain Caecilian Gymnopis syntrema (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae) in Mexico

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Auteur principal: Adriana González-Hernández
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contents First record of the Mountain Caecilian Gymnopis syntrema (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae) in Mexico Adriana González-Hernández Omar Hernández-Ordóñez Martín Cervantes-López Víctor H. Reynoso Biología Chiapas diversity Lacandona Caecilians herpetofauna We document the first record of Gymnopis syntrema (Dermophiidae) for Mexico. A single individual was found in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, Lacandona region, in the southeast of Mexico. The specimen was collected in an old-growth forest site at the beginning of the rainy season on May, 2012 and extends former known distribution 88 km west from the nearest locality in Guatemala. We also present an updated distribution map of the species based on all known records of the species to date. With this new record, the number of amphibian species in Mexico increases to 377. 2014 artículo científico 1870-3453 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42531364026 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=425 Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (México) Num.2 Vol.85
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spellingShingle First record of the Mountain Caecilian Gymnopis syntrema (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae) in Mexico
Adriana González-Hernández
Biología
Chiapas
diversity
Lacandona
Caecilians
herpetofauna
First record of the Mountain Caecilian Gymnopis syntrema (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae) in Mexico Adriana González-Hernández Omar Hernández-Ordóñez Martín Cervantes-López Víctor H. Reynoso Biología Chiapas diversity Lacandona Caecilians herpetofauna We document the first record of Gymnopis syntrema (Dermophiidae) for Mexico. A single individual was found in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, Lacandona region, in the southeast of Mexico. The specimen was collected in an old-growth forest site at the beginning of the rainy season on May, 2012 and extends former known distribution 88 km west from the nearest locality in Guatemala. We also present an updated distribution map of the species based on all known records of the species to date. With this new record, the number of amphibian species in Mexico increases to 377. 2014 artículo científico 1870-3453 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42531364026 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=425 Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (México) Num.2 Vol.85
title First record of the Mountain Caecilian Gymnopis syntrema (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae) in Mexico
topic Biología
Chiapas
diversity
Lacandona
Caecilians
herpetofauna
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42531364026