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Lepidophyma sylvaticum

Adult, 4,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

MADREAN TROPICAL NIGHT LIZARD
Lepidophyma sylvaticum – Taylor 1939

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This “species” is found in the main body of the Sierra Madre Oriental from Nuevo Leon to Puebla and Veracruz; it also occurs in the Cumbres de Monterey of Nuevo Leon, Sierra de Tamaulipas, and Sierra Alvarez of San Luis Potosi.

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Lepidophyma sp. nov.

Adult Female in-situ, Tamaulipas, Mexico

LOWLAND TROPICAL NIGHT LIZARD
Lepidophyma sp. nov. –

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This undescribed species has been found at scattered localities in southern Tamaulipas and Veracruz, Mexico. Most of these sites are around 100 meters elevation.

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I have found this species in the twilight zone of a cave mouth in Tamaulipas, Mexico. It also occurs in [...]

Syrrhophus cystignathoides

Adult Male, 4,900′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Adult Male, 4,700′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Adult, 800′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Adult, 200′, Veracruz, Mexico

Adult, 2,500′, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

MEXICAN CHIRPING FROG
Syrrhophus cystignathoides – Cope 1877
Syrrhophus cystignathoides cystignathoides – Cope 1877

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Cloud Forest, 4,800′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Cloud Forest Clearing Habitat, 4,700′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Banana Grove Habitat, 200′, Veracruz, Mexico

Cloud Forest Habitat, 2,500′, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

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Syrrhophus dennisi

Adult, 700′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Adult, Cueva del PachÃ³n, 800′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Adult, Grutas de Quintero, 800′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

TAMAULIPAN CHIRPING FROG
Syrrhophus dennisi – Lynch 1970

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Cave Wall Habitat, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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Sibon fasciata fasciata

Adult, 300′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Adult, Presumably of the Nominate Race, 600′, Oaxaca, Mexico

Close-Up of Head, Adult, 300′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

BANDED SNAIL SUCKER
Sibon fasciata – Gunther 1858
Sibon fasciata fasciata – Gunther 1858

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Tropical Forest, 300′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Habitat, 500′, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Storeria hidalgoensis

Adult, 10,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Dark Color Phase, 10,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Venter of Adult

MEXICO YELLOW-BELLIED BROWN SNAKE
Storeria hidalgoensis – Taylor 1942

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Habitat, 10,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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Thamnophis exsul

Light Phase Adult, 10,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Dark Phase Adult, 10,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Juvenile, 10,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

MONTANE GARTER SNAKE
Thamnophis exsul – Rossman 1969

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Habitat, 10,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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Xenosaurus platyceps

Adult, 4,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Venter of Adult

Close-up of Adult’s Head

Adult, in situ, 4,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

FLATHEAD KNOB-SCALED LIZARD
Xenosaurus platyceps – King & Thompson 1968

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Habitat, 4,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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Leptodeira annulata cussiliris

Adult, 600′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

DUELLMAN’S CAT-EYED SNAKE
Leptodeira annulata – Linnaeus 1758
Leptodeira annulata cussiliris – Duellman 1958

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Tropical Forest, 300′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Pond Habitat, 300′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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Leptophis mexicanus septentrionalis

Adult, ca. 2,400′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

TAMAULIPAN PARROT SNAKE
Leptophis mexicanus – Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854
Leptophis mexicanus septentrionalis – Mertens 1972

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Tropical Forest, 300′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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Leptodactylus fragilis

Adult, 300′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Venter of Adult, 300′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

WHITE-LIPPED FROG
Leptodactylus fragilis – Cope 1877

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Pond Habitat, 300′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Flooded Field Habitat, 50′, Veracruz, Mexico

Pacific Lowland Habitat, 100′, Guerrero, Mexico

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Imantodes cenchoa leucomelas

Adult, 300′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

COPE’S BLUNT-HEADED TREESNAKE
Imantodes cenchoa – Linnaeus 1758
Imantodes cenchoa leucomelas – Cope 1861

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Tropical Forest, 300′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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Hypsiglena torquata jani

Adult, 1,400′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Adult, Texas

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Habitat, 1,400′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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Eumeces brevirostris pineus

Adult Male, 10,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Adult Male, 10,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico (Note Lack of Blue Tail)

Juvenile, 10,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

PINE WOODS SHORTNOSE SKINK
Eumeces brevirostris – Gunther 1860
Eumeces brevirostris pineus – Axtell 1960

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Habitat, 10,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Pine Meadow Habitat, 10,050′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Rocky Ridgeline Habitat, 10, 400′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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Eumeces brevirostris dicei

Adult, 4,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Subadult, 4,800′, “Intergrade Zone”, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Juvenile, 4,900′, “Intergrade Zone”, Tamaulipas, Mexico

DICE’S SHORTNOSE SKINK
Eumeces brevirostris – Gunther 1860
Eumeces brevirostris dicei – Ruthven & Gaige 1933

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Habitat, 4,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Cloud Forest Clearing Habitat, 4,700′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Rocky Clearing Habitat (Cloud Forest), 4,800′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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