Amphibians and Reptiles of Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, San Felipe Usila, Oaxaca, México

Edna González-Bernal; Carlos A. Flores; Medardo Arreortúa; Pablo Rogelio Simón-Salvador; Hermes Santiago-Dionicio

doi:10.15468/utcd2c

Amphibians and Reptiles of Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, San Felipe Usila, Oaxaca, México

Citation

González-Bernal E, Flores C A, Arreortúa M, Simón-Salvador P R, Santiago-Dionicio H (2021). Amphibians and Reptiles of Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, San Felipe Usila, Oaxaca, México. Version 1.2. ZooKeys. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/utcd2c accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-20.

Description

This dataset includes the occurrence records of 40 species of amphibians and reptiles recorded between 2018 and 2019 in Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, San Felipe Usila, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

We conducted surveys during 2018 and 2019 during both the dry and wet seasons, within a pristine cloud forest and managed sites from 800 m a.s.l. to above 2,200 m a.s.l in Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, San Felipe Usila, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Sampling

The monitoring was divided into three schedules throughout the day (9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.) covering a total of 12 hours by four persons, during 11 field trips with a duration of five days each.

Quality Control

To ensure we obtained records for species that have different activity patterns and habitat use, we carried out diurnal and nocturnal surveys in forest gaps, crops, streams and primary forest, searching microhabitats where herpetofauna take refuge, such as beneath rocks, inside burrows, under fallen logs etc.

Method steps

Every time an organism was encountered, its biometric data and geographic location were recorded using a GPS device (Garmin 64st) with 5 m error range. All organisms were photographed and released afterwards.

Taxonomic Coverages

Amphibians and reptiles

Adelphicos visoninum
rank: species
Anolis rubiginosus
rank: species
Bolitoglossa chinanteca
rank: species
Bothrops asper
rank: species
Charadrahyla nephila
rank: species
Craugastor mexicanus
rank: species
Craugastor polymniae
rank: species
Craugastor pygmaeus
rank: species
Craugastor berkenbuschii
rank: species
Cryophis hallbergi
rank: species
Duellmanohyla ignicolor
rank: species
Exerodonta abdivita
rank: species
Geophis laticinctus
rank: species
Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni
rank: species
Imantodes cenchoa
rank: species
Incilius spiculatus
rank: species
Incilius valliceps
rank: species
Lampropeltis polizona
rank: species
Lepidophyma tuxtlae
rank: species
Leptodeira polysticta
rank: species
Metlapilcoatlus nummifer
rank: species
Micrurus diastema
rank: species
Micrurus elegans
rank: species
Ninia diademata
rank: species
Ninia sebae
rank: species
Pseudoeurycea orchileucos
rank: species
Ptychohyla zophodes
rank: species
Quiltichohyla acrochorda
rank: species
Rhadinaea bogertorum
rank: species
Rhadinaea decorata
rank: species
Rhadinella schistosa
rank: species
Sarcohyla celata
rank: species
Sceloporus variabilis
rank: species
Scincella cherriei
rank: species
Smilisca baudinii
rank: species
Smilisca cyanosticta
rank: species
Stenorhina dehendhartii
rank: species
Triprion spinosus
rank: species
Tropidodipsas sartorii
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Santa Cruz Tepetotutla (17.7391°N, -96.5582°W) is located in the Chinantla Region on the northern slopes of the Sierra Juarez, in the physiographic Province known as the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca (SMO) Mexico.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Edna González-Bernal
originator
position: Researcher
Cátedras CONACYT/CIIDIR-IPN
Oaxaca de Juárez
Oaxaca
MX
email: ednagbernal@gmail.com
homepage: https://ecaoaxaca.com/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7817-4156

Carlos A. Flores
originator
position: Researcher
Ecología para la Conservación de Anfibios
Oaxaca de Juárez
Oaxaca
MX
email: carlosfloresh88@gmail.com
homepage: https://ecaoaxaca.com/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8927-4320

Medardo Arreortúa
originator
position: Researcher
Ecología para la Conservación de Anfibios
Oaxaca de Juárez
Oaxaca
MX
email: medardo.am@hotmail.com
homepage: https://ecaoaxaca.com/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3775-0369

Pablo Rogelio Simón-Salvador
originator
position: Researcher
Ecología para la Conservación de Anfibios
Oaxaca de Juárez
Oaxaca
MX
email: rogeliosimonsalvador@gmail.com
homepage: https://ecaoaxaca.com/

Hermes Santiago-Dionicio
originator
position: Researcher
Ecología para la Conservación de Anfibios
Oaxaca de Juárez
Oaxaca
MX
email: hermestgo96@gmail.com
homepage: https://ecaoaxaca.com/

Carlos A. Flores
metadata author
position: Researcher
Ecología para la Conservación de Anfibios
Oaxaca de Juárez
Oaxaca
MX
email: carlosfloresh88@gmail.com
homepage: https://ecaoaxaca.com/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8927-4320

Carlos A. Flores
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Ecología para la Conservación de Anfibios
Oaxaca de Juárez
Oaxaca
MX
email: carlosfloresh88@gmail.com
homepage: https://ecaoaxaca.com/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8927-4320

Edna González-Bernal
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Cátedras CONACYT/CIIDIR-IPN
Oaxaca de Juárez
Oaxaca
MX
email: ednagbernal@gmail.com
homepage: https://ecaoaxaca.com/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7817-4156

Carlos A. Flores
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Ecología para la Conservación de Anfibios
Oaxaca de Juárez
Oaxaca
MX
email: carlosfloresh88@gmail.com
homepage: https://ecaoaxaca.com/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8927-4320