Anfibios y reptiles de la sierra de Cuatro Venados, Oaxaca, México

Natalia Martín–Regalado1, Natalia Martín–Regalado2, Montse Ferrer3, Montse Ferrer4

1 CIIDIR–IPN, Calle Hornos 1003, 71230, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Mexico; 2 CIIDIR–IPN, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Mexico; 3 Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Psg Picasso s/n., 08003, Barcelona, Spain; 4 Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Ps Picasso s/n, 08003, Barcelona, Spain

Corresponding author(s): Natalia Martín–Regalado (cinthia_14@msn.com), Natalia Martín–Regalado (cinthia_14@msn.com)

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Resource Citation

Martín–Regalado N (2022): Anfibios y reptiles de la sierra de Cuatro Venados, Oaxaca, México. v1.6. Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona. Dataset/Occurrence. https://doi.org/10.15470/vfxi6f https://doi.org/10.15470/vfxi6f

Abstract

The amphibian and reptile communities in temperate forest in the Sierra de Cuatro Venados have been surveyed to increase knowledge of the Oaxacan herpetofauna. We obtained 193 visual and 106  voucher records during 38 days of fieldwork. During the study, we recorded 36 of the 40 species predicted to occur in this mountain range: nine amphibians and 27 reptiles, five of which represent new records at the regional scale. Pine–oak and oak–pine forest habitats were most similar in terms of taxonomic composition (70%), and together contributed a total of 29 species (79%). Species richness was greatest in the altitudinal range 2,001-2,500  a.m.s.l. (72%) and terrestrial microhabitat (89%). Fifteen of the observed species (42%) are considered to be threatened nationally or internationally, twelve are endemic to Mexico, and one is locally endemic. The total number of reptile and amphibian species known to inhabit the Montañas y Valles del Occidente physiographic region is increased to 122.

Keywords: Distribution, Diversity, Herpetofauna, Temperate forest, Occurrence, Specimen, Occurrence

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=martin-regalado_amphibians_reptiles_mexico

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Amphibians and reptiles
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Amphibia, Reptilia
Order: Anura, Caudata, Squamata
Family: Bufonidae, Hyliidae, Leptodactylidae, Ranidae, Plethodontidae, Anguidae, Phrynosomatidae, Polychridae, Scincidae, Teiidae, Dipsadidae, Colubridae, Elapidae, Viperidae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Oaxaca, Mexico
Coordinates: 16°33'36''N and 17°25'12''N Latitude; 97°25'55.2''W and 96°49'58.8''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: April 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011

Natural collections description

Collection name: Colección de Vertebrados del Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Oaxaca
Curatorial unit: Between 106 and 106 (record)

Methods

Method step description: The captured specimens were deposited in the Vertebrate Collection of the Technological Institute of the Valley of Oaxaca (ITVO)
ITVO-AN for amphibians
ITVO-RE for reptiles
Study extent description: An area of 2.210 square km was surveyed in Oaxaca including pine forest, pine-oak forest, pine-oak forest and low deciduous forest.
The coloration was determined using the color catalog by Köhler (2012).
Sampling description: Occurrences from:
- field surveys.
- review of bibliography and collections

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Anfibios y reptiles de la sierra de Cuatro Venados, Oaxaca, México
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.gbif.es/archive.do?r=martin-regalado_amphibians_reptiles_mexico
Publication date of data: 2022-04-27
Language: Spanish
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2016-12-02
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Martín–Regalado, N., Lavariega, M. C., Gómez–Ugalde, R. M., Rodríguez–Pérez, C., 2016. Anfibios y reptiles de la sierra de Cuatro Venados, Oaxaca, México. Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 14: 217–232, Doi: https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2016.14.0217 https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2016.14.0217