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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 2022-05-19.

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

  1. 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
  1. Adelphicos visoninum
    rank: species
  2. Anolis rubiginosus
    rank: species
  3. Bolitoglossa chinanteca
    rank: species
  4. Bothrops asper
    rank: species
  5. Charadrahyla nephila
    rank: species
  6. Craugastor mexicanus
    rank: species
  7. Craugastor polymniae
    rank: species
  8. Craugastor pygmaeus
    rank: species
  9. Craugastor berkenbuschii
    rank: species
  10. Cryophis hallbergi
    rank: species
  11. Duellmanohyla ignicolor
    rank: species
  12. Exerodonta abdivita
    rank: species
  13. Geophis laticinctus
    rank: species
  14. Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni
    rank: species
  15. Imantodes cenchoa
    rank: species
  16. Incilius spiculatus
    rank: species
  17. Incilius valliceps
    rank: species
  18. Lampropeltis polizona
    rank: species
  19. Lepidophyma tuxtlae
    rank: species
  20. Leptodeira polysticta
    rank: species
  21. Metlapilcoatlus nummifer
    rank: species
  22. Micrurus diastema
    rank: species
  23. Micrurus elegans
    rank: species
  24. Ninia diademata
    rank: species
  25. Ninia sebae
    rank: species
  26. Pseudoeurycea orchileucos
    rank: species
  27. Ptychohyla zophodes
    rank: species
  28. Quiltichohyla acrochorda
    rank: species
  29. Rhadinaea bogertorum
    rank: species
  30. Rhadinaea decorata
    rank: species
  31. Rhadinella schistosa
    rank: species
  32. Sarcohyla celata
    rank: species
  33. Sceloporus variabilis
    rank: species
  34. Scincella cherriei
    rank: species
  35. Smilisca baudinii
    rank: species
  36. Smilisca cyanosticta
    rank: species
  37. Stenorhina dehendhartii
    rank: species
  38. Triprion spinosus
    rank: species
  39. 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
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